Composition of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations

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Last update:18 June 2024

Chairperson of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (2023-2025)

H. E. Dr Nasser Hamad HINZAB
Representative of Qatar to the Executive Board of UNESCO
Ambassador and Permanent Delegate of Qatar to UNESCO

Chairperson CR Qatar

29 Members of the CR Committee (2023-2025):

 

  • Argentina
  • Armenia
  • Azerbaijan
  • Chile
  • China
  • Congo
  • Cuba
  • Czechia
  • Egypt
  • France 
  • Germany
  • Iceland
  • India
  • Iraq
  • Italy
  • Kuwait
  • Liberia
  • Lithuania
  • Mauritius
  • Nigeria
  • Pakistan
  • Paraguay
  • Philippines
  • Qatar
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Slovakia
  • United Republic of Tanzania
  • United States of America
  • Viet Nam

 

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Former Chairpersons of the CR Committee

Committee on Conventions and Recommendations

2021-2023 (213th-217th)
Mr Mustaq MOORAD (Botswana) 

2019-2021 (208th-212th)
Mr Ghazi GHERARI (Tunisia)

2017-2019 (203rd-207th)
Ms Olivia GRANGE (Jamaica) (203rd, 205-207th) ; 
Mr Everton HANNAM (Jamaica) (204th)

2015-2017 (198th-202nd)
Mr M. Shahidul ISLAM (Bangladesh) (198th) ; 
then Mr Abdul Naser CHOWDHURY (Bangladesh) (199th-202nd)

2013-2015 (193rd-197th)
Ms Marie CHATARDOVÃ (Czechia)

2011-2013 (188th-192nd)
Mr Imangali TASMAGAMBETOV (Kazakhstan) ; 
then Ms Assel UTEGENOVA (Kazakhstan) (190th-192nd)

2009-2011 (183rd-187th)
Mr Maurizio SERRA (Italia)

2007-2009 (178th-182nd)
Mr Günter OVERFELD (Germany) (178th-181st);
then Mr Georges SANTER (Luxembourg) (182nd)

2005-2007 (173rd-177th)
Mr Davidson HEPBURN (Bahamas) (173rd) ;
then Mr Luiz Filipe de MACEDO SOARES (Brazil) (174th-177th)

2003-2005 (168th-172nd)
Mr Davidson HEPBURN (Bahamas)

2001-2003 (163rd-167th)
Mr Louis Peter VAN VLIET (Kingdom of the Netherlands)

1999-2001(158th-162nd)
Mr Hector K. VILLARROEL (Philippines)

1997-1999 (153rd-157th)
Mr Victor MASSUH (Argentina)

1995-1997 (148th-152nd)
Mr Jorge EDWARDS VALDES (Chili)

1993-1995 (143rd-147th)
Mr Mwindaace SIAMWIZA (Zambia)

1991-1993 (138th-142nd)
Mr Barry O. JONES (Australia)

1989-1991 (133rd-137th)
Mr Jorge Cayetano ZAIN ASIS (Argentina)

1987-1989 (128th-132nd)
Mr Georges-Henri DUMONT (Belgium) 

1985-1987 (123rd-127th)
Ms Gisèle HALIMI (France) ; 
then Mr Georges-Henri DUMONT (Belgium) (127th)

1984-1985 (119th-122nd)
Mr Hubert de RONCERAY (Haiti),
followed by Mr Ben KUFAKUNESU JAMBGA (Zimbabwe)

1981-1983 (112th-117th)
Mr Guillermo PUTZEYS ALVAREZ (Guatemala)

1979-1980 (105th-110th)
Mr Arturo USLAR-PIETRI (Venezuela), 
followed by Mr Guillermo PUTZEYS ALVAREZ (Guatemala)

1977-1978 (102th-105th)
Mr Gunnar GARBO (Norway)

Committee on Conventions and Recommendations in Education

1975-1976 (97th-100th)
Mr Paulo E. de BERRÊDO CARNEIRO (Brazil)

1973-1974 (92nd-95th)
Mr Atilio DELL’ORO MAINI (Argentina) (the Committee met in 1974 only)

1971-1972 (87th-90th)
Mr Paulo E. de BERRÊDO CARNEIRO (Brazil) (the Committee met in 1972 only)

1969-1970 (82nd-85th)
Mr Paulo E. de BERRÊDO CARNEIRO (Brazil) (the Committee met in 1970 only)

Special Committee on Discrimination in Education

1967-1968 (76th-80th)
Mr Juvenal HERNÃNDEZ (Chile), 
followed by Mr Ilmo HELA (Finland)

Special Committee to examine the reports of Member States on the implementation of the Convention and Recommendation against Discrimination in Education

1965-1966 (70th-74th)
Mr Atilio DELL’ORO MAINI (Argentina)