The UK National Commission for UNESCO

Culture Committee

We aim to be the focal point in the UK for UNESCO-related cultural matters, acting as the formal link between civil society and HM Government. We provide independent and expert advice to HMG and contribute to UK input to UNESCO policy-making and UK policy-making on key UNESCO programmes and cultural issues.

The Culture Committee of the UK National Commission for UNESCO was formed in 2005 with 20 members nominated by organisations representing the whole spectrum of the culture sector – including the arts, museums and cultural heritage. A Cultural Network, which operates mainly electronically, supports the work of the Committee.

The Committee is chaired by Sue Davies (CE of Wessex Archaeology, nominated by the Institute of Field Archaeologists and the Council for British Archaeology), and has two deputy chairs, Barbara Woroncow (nominated by the Museums Association, Leeds) and Neville Shulman (British Centre of the International Theatre Institute).

World
Heritage

Conventions

UK World Heritage Sites

About World Heritage

World Heritage and Education

Conventions Working Group

UK ratification of UNESCO Culture Conventions

Hague Convention

Underwater Heritage Convention

Culture and
Development

Anniversaries

Issue Paper

2008 Milton Quatercentenary

2009 Charles Darwin -
bicentenary of his birth and 150th anniversary of the publication of ‘On the origin of Species’

2009 Robert Burns -
250th anniversary of his birth

Culture
Committee

Publications and Information

Terms of Reference

Current Members

Membership Guidelines

Record of Meetings

Position statements

Consultation/Inquiry Submissions