Composition of the Ghana Commission of UNESCO
The Commission presently comprises at least thirty-five (35) members drawn from relevant Ministries, Departments, Agencies, Institutions as well as non-governmental organizations in Ghana. The Commission meets in plenary session twice a year, preferably March/April and September/October. However, in a General Conference year, the Commission may meet more than two times.
Hon. Dr. Yaw Osei Adutwum
Minister for Education, Chairman of the Commission and Ghana’s Representative on the UNESCO Executive Board
Mr. Benjamin Kofi Gyasi
Chief Director & Vice Chairman of the Commission
H.E. Anna Bossman
Ghana’s Ambassador to France & Permanent Delegate to UNESCO
Mrs. Ama Serwah Nerquaye-Tetteh
Secretary-General & Secretary to Commission
Chairman, Legal and Administrative Specialized Committee
Mr. William Boateng
Chairman, Culture Specialized Committee
Prof. Yaw Afari Ankomah
Chairman, Education Specialized Committee
Dr. Kweku Rockson
Chairman, Communication and Information
Prof. Alfred Oteng-Yeboah
Chairman, Natural Sciences Specialized Committee & National Bioethics Committee
Dr. Edward Salifu
Chairman, Social & Human Sciences Specialized Committee
Dr. Ben Ampomah
Chairman, National Committee of the International Hydrological Programme (IHP)
Hon. Henry Kokofu (Esq.)
Chairman, Man and the Biosphere (MAB) National Committee
Dr. Mike Atweneboana
Chairman, National Committee of the International Oceanographic Commission (IOC)
Mr. Prince Ofosu Sefah
Chairman, National Committee of the Information for All Programme (IFAP)
MEMBERS
Ms. Mavis Kusorgbor
Multilateral, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration
Mrs. Dede Bedu-Addo
Ministry of Gender, Women and Social Protection
Ms. Stella Badu
Ministry of Justice and Attorney General’s Department
Mr. Edmund Nkansah
Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning
Mrs. Wilhelmina Quaye
Director, Science and Technology Policy Research Institute (STEPRI), CSIR
Mr. Harrison K. Sasu
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Ms. Mamle Andrews
Ministry of Information
Emerita Prof. Isabela Quakyi
Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Emmanuel Newman
National Council for Tertiary Education (NCTE)
Mrs. Jane Edna Nyame
National Commission on Culture
Mr. Hayford Siaw
Ghana Library Authority
Ms. Keren Happuch Osekre
Ghana Geological Survey Authority
Hon. William Agyapong Quaittoo
Parliamentary Select Committee on Education
Mr. Ivor Agyeman-Duah
Ghana Museums and Monuments Board
Ministry of Food and Agriculture
Mr. Gabriel Tandoh
Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture
Mr. Thomas Musah
Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT)
Ms. Magdalene Appenteng
Ministry of Communication
Mr. George Sarpong
National Media Commission
Mrs. Nana Yamfoah Amua-Sekyi
Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ)