Council and Bureau

IHP Intergovernmental Council

The planning, definition of priorities, and supervision of the execution of IHP are ensured by the Intergovernmental Council. The Council is composed of 36 UNESCO Member States elected by the General Conference of UNESCO at its ordinary sessions held every two years. Equitable geographical distribution and appropriate rotation of the representatives of the Member States are ensured in the composition of the Council. Each of UNESCO’s six electoral regions elects Member States for membership in the Council.

The term of office of members of the Council is four years, and members are immediately eligible for re-election. To retain continuity, only half of the Council members are elected each second year for the four-year period, so that in each biennium half are newcomers and the other half have already acquired experience. The Council normally meets in plenary session once every two years. Extraordinary sessions may be convened under the conditions specified in the Rules of Procedure.

IHP Bureau

At the beginning of its first session following a session of the General Conference at which elections to the IHP Council have been held, the Council elects a chairperson and four vice-chairpersons. These, with the chairperson of the previous Bureau as ex-officio member, constitute the Council’s Bureau. The composition of the Bureau so formed reflects an equitable geographical distribution, each representing UNESCO’s six electoral regions. The members of the Bureau remain in office until a new Bureau has been elected.

The IHP Bureau discharges, inter alia, the following duties:

fix, in consultation with the Secretariat, the dates of the sessions of the Council and of its committees and working groups, in accordance with the general guidelines of the Council;

prepare the sessions of the Council, in consultation with the Secretariat;

supervise the implementation of the resolutions of the Council, and report at each session of the Council, on the status of implementation of the prescribed phases of project execution and, in particular, follow the activities of the Council’s committees and working groups;

prepare for the Council all reports requested by the General Conference of UNESCO;

discharge all other duties which it may be assigned by the Council.

Composition of the IHP Bureau (2008-2010)

Chairperson
Mr Abdin Mohd Ali Salih (Group Vb - Arab States)
Member IHP National Committee of Sudan
Professor, Faculty of Engineering
University of Khartoum
Mailing address:
PO Box 15030 Amarat Office
Khartoum, Sudan
Tel: + 249 1 22 206006; + 249 9220 19710
Fax: + 249 1 83 776030
Email: abdinsalih@gmail.com

Vice-Chairpersons
Mr Johannes Cullmann (Group I - Northern America and Western Europe)
IHP/HWRP – Sekretariat Koblenz
Postfach 200253
56002 Koblenz, Germany
Tel: + 49 261 13 06 53 13
Fax: + 49 261 13 06 54 22
Email: cullmann@bafg.de

Mr Pavol Miklanek (Group II - Eastern and Central Europe)
Chairman, Slovak National Committee for UNESCO-IHP
Institute of Hydrology SAS
Racianska 75
83102 Bratislava 3, Slovakia
Tel: + 42 12 44 25 93 11
Fax: + 42 12 44 25 93 11
Email: miklanek@uh.savba.sk

Mr Benedito Braga (Group III – Latin America and the Caribbean)
Director, Agencia Nacional de Aguas
Chairperson, Brazilian IHP National Committee (COBRAPHI)
Setor Policial, Area 5, Quadra 3, Bloco M
70610-200, Brasilia DF, Brazil
Tel: +55 61 21 09 54 31
Fax: +55 61 21 09 54 15
Email: benbraga@ana.gov.br

Mr Kaoru Takara (Group IV - Asia and the Pacific)
Member, IHP National Committee of Japan
Professor, Kyoto University
Gokasho, Uji
Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Tel: + 81 774 38 4125
Fax: + 81 774 38 4130
Email: takara@flood.dpri.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Mr Mbangiseni P. Nepfumbada (Group Va - Africa)
Chief Director, Water Resources Information Management
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry
P/Bag x313
Pretoria 0001, South Africa
Tel: +27 12 336 8787
Fax : +27 12 336 6662
Email: nepfumm@dwaf.gov.za