Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO

Permanent Delegate of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Incumbent
George Mina
since 9 September 2013
Style His Excellency
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holder Dr William Gardner Davies
Formation 4 November 1946
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 is currently George Mina, and 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 as Australia's non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Chad.

Permanent Delegates

NameStart of termEnd of termReferences
Dr William Gardner Davies (Liaison Officer)19471954[2]
Dr William Gardner Davies19541972[2]
Alan Renouf‡October 1972December 1973[2]
Harold David Anderson‡January 1974August 1975[2]
James OswinSeptember 1975September 1976[2]
Harold David Anderson‡October 1976August 1978[2]
Prof. Ralph SlatyerSeptember 1978September 1981[3]
Prof. Owen HarriesFebruary 1982August 1983[4]
Gough WhitlamAugust 1983October 1986
Charles MottNovember 1986January 1988[5]
Ted Pocock‡January 1988September 1990[2]
John LanderSeptember 1990January 1991[2]
Dr Malcolm LeaderFebruary 1991April 1991[2]
Dr Robert MerrilleesMay 1991August 1991[2]
Ross BurnsSeptember 1991September 1992[2]
Mark PierceSeptember 1992March 1994[2]
Alan Brown‡March 1994September 1996[2]
Peter ShannonOctober 1996January 1999[2]
Matthew PeekJanuary 1999January 2003[2]
Jane MaddenJanuary 2003January 2007[2]
Sally MansfieldJanuary 2007April 2010
Gita KamathApril 201026 June 2013[6]
George Mina9 September 2013present[7]

‡Also served as Ambassador to France

See also

References

  1. ↑ Blythe, Max: Interviews with Australian scientists: Professor Ralph Slatyer, Australian Academy of Science, 2003.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 "Australia and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)" (PDF). Australian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, Paris. DFAT. December 2005. pp. 32–33. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "New UNESCO ambassador judges it an important job.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 29 March 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Professor envoy to UNESCO.". The Canberra Times. ACT: National Library of Australia. 24 September 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "New UNESCO ambassador.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 1 August 1986. p. 7. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
  6. ↑ "Farewell - H.E. Ms Gita Kamath, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO". UNESCO.int. UNESCO. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  7. ↑ "Directory of Permanent Delegations and Permanent Observer Missions to UNESCO - Australia". UNESCO.int. UNESCO. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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