Permanent representation of Austria at UNESCO
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| State level | Federation | ||
| Position of the authority | Subordinate agency | ||
| At sight | Foreign Ministry | ||
| founding | 1948 | ||
| Headquarters |
 Paris , 1, Rue Miollis ⊙
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| Authority management | Ursula Plassnik | ||
| Servants | 4th | ||
| Website | - | ||
The Permanent Representative of Austria to UNESCO is the diplomatic representatives of the Republic of Austria in the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization ( United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization , UNESCO).
This specialized agency of the United Nations (UNO) is a legally independent international organization . It coordinates efforts in the field of promoting education , science and culture as well as communication and information . The seat of UNESCO is Paris , the Austrian representative has the rank of ambassador ("UNESCO ambassador").
History and organization
UNESCO was founded in 1945/1946, Austria joined UNESCO on August 13, 1948 and is accredited by it. Since then there has also been a representative office in Paris, the national liaison office of UNESCO in Austria, the Austrian UNESCO Commission , was established in 1949.
The representation is subordinate to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (currently BMEIA), which is responsible for matters relating to foreign cultural relations and for representing the Republic of Austria vis-à-vis UNESCO. The representative has the status of an embassy , has the title of extraordinary and plenipotentiary ambassador, but is assigned to the embassy in Paris . At times the ambassador to France is also the one to UNESCO.
The office maintains ongoing working contact with the UNESCO Secretariat. She represents Austria in the various offices of the organization (general conference and executive council, subsidiary organs, committees and councils, and bodies - each country takes part in certain functional periods) and supports Austrian concerns. By the widespread agendas UNESCO also several other ministries are involved: Ministry of Education , Ministry of Science , Ministry of Agriculture , Ministry of Health , and the Federal Chancellery .
List of ambassadors (permanent representatives) of Austria to UNESCO
- List incomplete
| Surname | Term of office | Remarks | |
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| Alwin Westerhof | ? -1979 | then cultural attaché in Belgium | |
| Anton Prohaska | 1979-1984 | before that, Office Manager of the UN Secretary General (Waldheim), then Head of Cabinet of the Foreign Minister (Pahr); then ambassador to Saudi Arabia , Switzerland , France and 2nd term at the OECD | |
| Tassilo Ogrinz | 1998–2002 (?) | before that Ambassador to Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) , Luxembourg ,…, Morocco | |
| Anton Prohaska | 2002 (?) - 2007 (?) | (2nd term), also ambassador to France | |
| Harald Stranzl | 2011-2015 | before that stllv. Ambassador to Slovenia ; Press spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs | |
| Ursula Plassnik | since 2015 (?) | also ambassador to France ; before that, Head of Cabinet of the Foreign Minister / Vice Chancellor / Federal Chancellor (Schüssel); briefly ambassador to Switzerland , then foreign minister , member of the National Council |
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- As of 2016
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Structure of Austrian representations within the EU. Report of the Court of Auditors: Bund 2014/8, Vienna 2014, p. 28 (Information on employees: Tab. P. 74; pdf , rechnungshof.gv.at)
- ↑ a b c d Austria and UNESCO ( Memento of the original from February 25, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. and Austria in UNESCO. ( Memento of the original from February 16, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Austrian Commission for UNESCO, unesco.at, both accessed on February 16, 2016.
- ^ Austrian offices: Other Austrian offices in France. Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs: Homepage of the Austrian Embassy in Paris.
- ^ Diplomat Anton Prohaska. In: der Standard online, April 18, 2008 (obituary)
