Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO

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Permanent Delegate of Australia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
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Incumbent
Megan Anderson
since 13 January 2020 (2020-01-13)
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Style His Excellency
Reports to Minister for Foreign Affairs
Nominator Prime Minister of Australia
Appointer Governor General of Australia
Inaugural holderDr William Gardner Davies
Formation4 November 1946 (1946-11-04)
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.

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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

#OfficeholderOther officesTerm start dateTerm end dateTime in officeNotes
1Dr William Gardner Daviesn/a4 November 1946197225–26 years [2]
2 Alan Renouf A October 1972December 19731 year, 2 months
3 Harold David Anderson A January 1974August 19751 year, 7 months
4James Oswinn/aSeptember 1975September 19761 year
(3) Harold David Anderson A October 1976August 19781 year, 10 months
5 Prof. Ralph Slatyer n/aSeptember 1978September 19813 years [3]
6 Prof. Owen Harries February 1982August 19831 year, 6 months [4]
7 Gough Whitlam August 1983October 19863 years, 2 months [5]
8Charles MottNovember 1986January 19881 year, 2 months [6] [7]
10 Ted Pocock A January 1988September 19902 years, 8 months [2]
11John Landern/aSeptember 1990January 19914 months
12Dr Malcolm LeaderFebruary 1991April 19912 months
13Dr Robert Merrillees May 1991August 19913 months
14Ross BurnsSeptember 1991September 19921 year
15Mark PierceSeptember 1992March 19941 year, 6 months
16Alan Brown A March 1994September 19962 years, 6 months
17 Peter Shannon n/aOctober 1996January 19992 years, 3 months
18Matthew PeekJanuary 1999January 20034 years
19Jane MaddenJanuary 2003January 20074 years
20Sally Mansfield B January 200720 April 20103 years, 3 months [8]
21Gita Kamath B 20 April 201026 June 20133 years, 67 days [9]
22George Mina B 9 September 201320 January 20173 years, 133 days [10] [11]
23Angus Mackenzie B 20 January 201713 January 20202 years, 358 days [12] [13]
24Megan Anderson B 13 January 2020Incumbent4 years, 242 days [14] [15] [16]

Notes

^A Also Ambassador to France.
^B Also non-resident Ambassador to Chad, 2010–present.

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References

  1. ↑ Blythe, Max: Interviews with Australian scientists: Professor Ralph Slatyer, Australian Academy of Science, 2003.
  2. 1 2 3 "Australia and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)" (PDF). Australian Permanent Delegation to UNESCO, Paris. DFAT. December 2005. pp. 32–33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "New UNESCO ambassador judges it an important job". The Canberra Times. 29 March 1978. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Professor envoy to UNESCO". The Canberra Times. ACT. 24 September 1981. p. 3. Retrieved 19 May 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Appointment of the Hon. E.G. Whitlam as Australian Permanent Representative to UNESCO". Australian Foreign Affairs Record. 54 (5). Department of Foreign Affairs: 192. May 1983. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "New UNESCO ambassador". The Canberra Times . 1 August 1986. p. 7. Retrieved 18 May 2015– via National Library of Australia.
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  8. ↑ "HE Ms Sally Mansfield Australian Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations and Conference on Disarmament in Geneva" (PDF). Australian Permanent Mission and Consulate-General Geneva. Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  9. ↑ "Farewell – H.E. Ms Gita Kamath, Ambassador, Permanent Delegate of Australia to UNESCO". UNESCO.int. UNESCO. 26 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
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