UNESCO General Conference

The UNESCO General Conference defines the main direction of the organization . It is held every two years and takes the organization’s program and budget for the next cycle. Every four years, the general conference elects members of the executive board and appoints the director general of the secretariat ^[1] . The General Conference also adopts a medium-term plan for a six-year period ^[2] . The leadership is provided by the president of the conference, who is selected for each convocation.

Each state, which is a member of UNESCO, is represented in the work of the general conference and has one vote ^[1] , but recently the decisions of the general conference are adopted by consensus ^[2] . In addition, non-members of UNESCO , various intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations , foundations are invited as observers ^[1] . The number of participants in the conference, thus, increases significantly and can reach three thousand ^[2] .

For the entire existence of the organization, four extraordinary sessions of the general conference took place ^[2] .

Sessions of the General Conference of UNESCO

Below is a list sorted by date of regular and extraordinary sessions of the General Conference of UNESCO with the president of the conference ^[3] .

	Year	A place	President's Name	President in English	President's country
35	2009	Paris	Davidson L. Hepburn	Davidson L. Hepburn	Bahamas
34	2007	Paris	George Anastassopolus	George N. Anastassopoulos	Greece
33	2005	Paris	Musa Bin Jafar Bin Hassan	Musa bin jaafar bin hassan	Oman
32	2003	Paris	Mikhail Abiola Omoleva	Michael Abiola Omolewa	Nigeria
31	2001	Paris	Ahmad Jalali	Ahmad jalali	Iran
thirty	1999	Paris	Yaroslav Moresov	Jaroslava moserova	Czech
29th	1997	Paris	Eduardo Portella	Eduardo portella	Brazil
28	1995	Paris	Torben Krog	Torben krogh	Denmark
27	1993	Paris	Ahmed Saleh Sayyad	Ahmed Saleh Sayyad	Yemen
26	1991	Paris	Betwell Allan Ogot	Bethwell Allan Ogot	Kenya
25	1989	Paris	Anwar Ibrahim	Anwar Ibrahim	Malaysia
24	1987	Paris	Guillermo Puceis Alvarez	Guillermo Putzeys Alvarez	Guatemala
23	1985	Sofia	Nikolai Todorov	Nikolaï Todorov	Bulgaria
22	1983	Paris	Said Tell	Saïd tell	Jordan
ext. 4	1982	Paris	Ivo Margan	Ivo Margan	Yugoslavia
21	1980	Belgrade	Ivo Margan	Ivo Margan	Yugoslavia
20	1978	Paris	Napoleon LeBlanc	Napoleon LeBlanc	Canada
nineteen	1976	Nairobi	Taita Tovitt	Taaita Toweett	Kenya
18	1974	Paris	Magda Yoboru	Magda joboru	Hungary
ext. 3	1973	Paris	Toru Haguivara	Toru haguiwara	Japan
17	1972	Paris	Toru Haguivara	Toru haguiwara	Japan
sixteen	1970	Paris	Atilio Del Oro Maini	Atilio Dell'Oro Maini	Argentina
15	1968	Paris	William Eteki Mbomeowa	Willian eteki-Mboumoua	Cameroon
14	1966	Paris	Bedrettin Tunnel	Bedrettin tuncel	Turkey
13	1964	Paris	Norair Sissakian	Norair M. Sissakian	the USSR
12	1962	Paris	Paolo E. de Berred Carneiro	Paulo E. de Berrêdo Carneiro	Brazil
eleven	1960	Paris	Akale Work Apte Vold	Akale-Work Abte-Wold	Ethiopia
ten	1958	Paris	Jean Bertouin	Jean berthoin	France
9	1956	New Delhi	Molano Abul Kalam Azak	Maulana Abul Kalam Azak	India
eight	1954	Montevideo	Justino Savala Muniz	Justino Zavala Muñiz	Uruguay
ext. 2	1953	Paris	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	Sarvepalli radhakrishnan	India
7	1952	Paris	Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan	Sarvepalli radhakrishnan	India
6	1951	Paris	Howland Sargant	Howland sargeant	USA
five	1950	Florence	Stefano Yacini	Stefano jacini	Italy
four	1949	Paris	I. Ronald Walker	E. Ronald Walker	Australia
ext. 1	1948	Paris	Francisco del Rio y Canedo	Francisco del Río y Canedo	Mexico
3	1948	Beirut	Hamid Bay Frangi	Hamid bey frangie	Lebanon
2	1947	Mexico city	Manuel Gual Vidal	Manuel gual vidal	Mexico
one	1946	Paris	Leon Blum	Leon blum	France

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ UNESCO governing bodies (Russian) . UNESCO . Date of treatment May 23, 2010. Archived August 23, 2011.
↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ M.V. Borodko. UNESCO: history of creation and modern structure // Pedagogy. - 2000 . - No. 2 . - S. 81-89 .
↑ Former presidents of the General Conference . UNESCO . Date of treatment May 23, 2010. Archived August 23, 2011.

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President of the General Conference . UNESCO . Date of treatment May 23, 2010. Archived on April 26, 2012.

[ro-u-1] ¹ ² ³ UNESCO governing bodies (Russian) . UNESCO . Date of treatment May 23, 2010. Archived August 23, 2011.

[borodko-2] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ M.V. Borodko. UNESCO: history of creation and modern structure // Pedagogy. - 2000 . - No. 2 . - S. 81-89 .

[fp-u-3] Former presidents of the General Conference . UNESCO . Date of treatment May 23, 2010. Archived August 23, 2011.

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