Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO explained

Post:Permanent Delegate of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Insignia:Coat of Arms of Australia.svg
Insigniasize:120px
Department:Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Incumbent:Megan Anderson
Nominator:Prime Minister of Australia
Style:His Excellency
Appointer:Governor General of Australia
Reports To:Minister for Foreign Affairs
Inaugural:Dr William Gardner Davies
Website:Australian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO

The permanent delegate of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is an officer of the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the head of the delegation of the Commonwealth of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France. The position has the rank and status of an ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary and is but one of Australia's representatives to the United Nations and its other bodies, shared with the representatives present at the United Nations Office in Geneva, the United Nations Office in Vienna, the United Nations Office at Nairobi, and the delegation to the United Nations Agencies in Rome.

The permanent delegate, since January 2020, isMegan Anderson.

Posting history

Australia has been a member of UNESCO since its establishment on 4 November 1946, with the permanent delegation based in the Australian Embassy in Paris. In 1977, Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser offered the position of Permanent Delegate to UNESCO to Sir John Kerr, who as Governor-General had been responsible for the dismissal of Gough Whitlam's government in the 1975 Australian constitutional crisis, but considerable public pressure prompted Fraser to withdraw the offer to Kerr, and offer the post to Professor Ralph Slatyer instead.[1] At various periods of the office's history the Australian Permanent Delegate has been held by the Australian Ambassador to France.[2] Since 1990 the Permanent Delegate has been typically held by the Deputy Head of Mission in Paris, who also serves since 2010 as Australia's non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Chad.

List of permanent delegates

Officeholder Other offices Term start date Term end date Time in office Notes
align=center Dr William Gardner Daviesn/aalign=right years
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align=center James Oswinn/aalign=right
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align=center align=right [5]
align=center Charles Mottalign=right [6] [7]
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align=center John Landern/aalign=right
align=center Dr Malcolm Leaderalign=right
align=center Dr align=right
align=center Ross Burnsalign=right
align=center Mark Piercealign=right
align=center Alan Brownalign=right
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align=center Matthew Peekalign=right
align=center Jane Maddenalign=right
align=center Sally Mansfieldalign=right [8]
align=center Gita Kamathalign=right [9]
align=center George Minaalign=right [10] [11]
align=center Angus Mackenziealign=right [12] [13]
align=center Megan AndersonIncumbentalign=right [14] [15] [16]

Notes

Also Ambassador to France.

Also non-resident Ambassador to Chad, 2010–present.

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Blythe, Max: Interviews with Australian scientists: Professor Ralph Slatyer, Australian Academy of Science, 2003.
  2. Web site: Australia and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Australian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, Paris. 32–33. DFAT. 19 May 2015. December 2005. https://web.archive.org/web/20160305120142/http://france.embassy.gov.au/files/pari/australia_and_unesco_1205.pdf. 5 March 2016. dead.
  3. News: New UNESCO ambassador judges it an important job. . The Canberra Times. 29 March 1978 . 19 May 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  4. News: Professor envoy to UNESCO. . The Canberra Times . ACT . 24 September 1981 . 19 May 2015 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  5. Appointment of the Hon. E.G. Whitlam as Australian Permanent Representative to UNESCO . Australian Foreign Affairs Record . May 1983 . 54 . 5 . 192 . 5 November 2022 . Department of Foreign Affairs.
  6. News: New UNESCO ambassador. . . 1 August 1986 . 18 May 2015 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  7. Ambassador to UNESCO . Australian Foreign Affairs Record . July 1986 . 57 . 7 . 638-639 . 5 November 2022 . Department of Foreign Affairs.
  8. Web site: HE Ms Sally Mansfield Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Conference on Disarmament in Geneva . Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General Geneva . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade . 6 November 2022.
  9. Web site: Farewell – H.E. Ms Gita Kamath, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO. UNESCO.int. UNESCO. 19 May 2015. 26 June 2013.
  10. Web site: Directory of Permanent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO – Australia. UNESCO.int. UNESCO. 19 May 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151106090826/http://www.unesco.org/eri/permdel/protocollist_photos.asp?language=E . 6 November 2015.
  11. Web site: UNESCO Delegation . Australian Embassy France . Australian Government . 11 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140227081049/http://www.france.embassy.gov.au/pari/unesco.html . 27 February 2014.
  12. Web site: Directory of Permanent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO - Australia . UNESCO . 11 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190809110133/http://www.unesco.org:80/eri/permdel/protocollist_photos.asp?language=E . 9 August 2019.
  13. Web site: UNESCO Delegation . Australian Embassy France . Australian Government . 11 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200307215700/https://france.embassy.gov.au/pari/unesco.html . 7 March 2020.
  14. Web site: Directory of Permanent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO - Australia . UNESCO . 11 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021113126/https://pax.unesco.org/xml_files/CRM_PROD_Outbound/PermanentDelegations.asp . 21 October 2020.
  15. Web site: UNESCO Delegation . Australian Embassy France . Australian Government . 11 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210516172003/https://france.embassy.gov.au/pari/unesco.html . 16 May 2021.
  16. Web site: Deputy Head of Mission to France . Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade . 5 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210303220718/https://www.dfat.gov.au/about-us/our-people/homs/Pages/deputy-head-of-mission-to-france . 3 March 2021.

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