{"id":1062,"date":"2023-11-21T17:42:09","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T16:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/delegazioneunesco.esteri.it\/?p=1062"},"modified":"2023-11-21T18:00:15","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T17:00:15","slug":"italys-re-election-to-the-mab-council","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/delegazioneunesco.esteri.it\/en\/news\/dalla_rappresentanza\/2023\/11\/italys-re-election-to-the-mab-council\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy\u2019s re-election to the MAB Council"},"content":{"rendered":"

On the occasion of the 42nd session of UNESCO\u2019s General Conference, Italy has been re-elected to the International Coordination Council<\/strong> (ICC) of UNESCO\u2019s Man and the Biosphere programme (MAB<\/a>)<\/p>\n

The MAB programme\u2019s International Coordination Council is composed of 34 State Members elected by UNESCO\u2019s General Conference, held every other year. Between meetings, the Council\u2019s authority is delegated to its Bureau, whose members are nominated by each one of UNESCO\u2019s geopolitical region (Africa, Arab States, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and North America, Latin America and the Caribbean).<\/p>\n

Over the last years, the MAB Council has been meeting every other year. The sessions usually take place at UNESCO\u2019s headquarters in Paris or in one of the ICC\u2019s Member States.<\/p>\n

Each Member State has one vote but has the possibility to send as many experts and consultants as they wish to the Council\u2019s sessions. UNESCO\u2019s Member States that are not members of the Council can send representatives as observers.<\/p>\n

Two other bodies advise the MAB programme: the International Advisory Committee<\/strong> for biosphere reserves<\/strong>, which gives scientific and technical advice to UNESCO\u2019s Director-General and to the Coordination Council as regards the international network of biosphere reserves and the International Support Group<\/strong> (ISG), which advises the MAB Secretariat on the implementation of the Madrid Action Plan (MAP) and other relevant aspects of the MAB programme.<\/p>\n

Moreover, National Committees<\/strong> appointed by single governments play a key role in the implementation of the MAB programme. Each Member State is requested to set up a permanent and entirely functioning national committee in order to guarantee the widest national participation to the international programme.<\/p>\n

During each ordinary session of UNESCO\u2019s General Conference, which usually takes place every other year, half of Council members reach the end of their mandate and new Council members are elected. Outgoing members are replaced by members from the same regional group. Council members can be re-elected.<\/p>\n