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'''Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO'''<ref name="unesco1">{{cite web|url=http://www.unesco.org/nac/geoportal.php?country=IN&language=E |title=India |publisher=Unesco.Org. |date=1981-11-24 |access-date=2013-02-26}}</ref> is a governmental body formed by the [[Government of India]] which functions under the [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Secondary and Higher Education]] in the [[Ministry of Human Resource Development (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]]. The objective of the commission is to advise the Government in matters relating to the [[UNESCO]].<ref name="mhrd.gov.in">{{cite web |url=http://mhrd.gov.in/inccu_higher_english |title=Indian National Commission for Co-operation with UNESCO (INCCU) &#124; |publisher=Mhrd.gov.in |access-date=2013-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615042439/http://mhrd.gov.in/inccu_higher_english |archive-date=15 June 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History==

National Commissions for UNESCO are national organizations which are part of UNESCO and which are the only such bodies in the whole [[List of specialized agencies of the United Nations|UN system]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=44812&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html |title=About National Commissions for UNESCO - &#124; UNESCO.org |publisher=Portal.unesco.org |date=2009-03-16 |access-date=2013-02-26}}</ref> They were established under Article VII of the Constitution of the UNESCO<ref name="Article VII">{{cite web|title= Basic Texts|url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0013/001337/133729e.pdf|publisher= UNESCO|format=PDF|access-date=2013-02-26}}</ref> by UNESCO member countries on a permanent basis and are associated with the government bodies of the member countries.<ref name="Article VII" /> Currently, there are 198 such National Commissions.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.unescocenterforpeace.org/about-us/ |title=About us |publisher=UNESCO Center for Peace |access-date=2013-02-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905100415/http://www.unescocenterforpeace.org/about-us/ |archive-date=5 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

The Indian National Commission for Cooperation with UNESCO was established in 1951, when the constitution was approved. The establishment of the Commission followed two years (since 1949) of work of the interim National Commission.<ref name="AgrawalAggarwal1988">{{cite book|author1=S. P. Agrawal|author2=J. C. Aggarwal|title=Unesco and Social Sciences: Retrospect & Prospect|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LklBTi0_m70C&pg=PA153|date=1 January 1988|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-7022-201-9|pages=153–}}</ref> The Commission acts as a liaison between the Government of India and UNESCO.<ref name="mhrd.gov.in" />

==Structure of the commission==
The National Commission consists of general assembly, secretariat (not to be confused with the organs of the United Nations), and five sub-commissions such as Education, Communications, Culture, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences.<ref name="unesco1"/> The President of the commission is the [[Minister of Human Resource Development (India)|Minister of Human Resource Development]], and the Secretary General of the commission is the Secretary of the [[Department of Higher Education (India)|Department of Higher Education]].<ref name="GoelGoel2010">{{cite book|author1=Aruna Goel|author2=S. L. Goel|title=Encyclopaedia of higher education in the 21st century|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-Cllr5Zi5tcC&pg=PA118|date=1 January 2010|publisher=Deep & Deep Publications|isbn=978-81-7629-584-0|pages=118–}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:Indian commissions and inquiries]]
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[[Category:National Commissions for UNESCO]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Government agencies established in 1951]]