Olha Herasymiuk, Chair of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting, is participating in the 225th session of the UNESCO Executive Board as a member of the Ukrainian delegation. The session is taking place on October 5–20, 2026, in Paris, France.
The Ukrainian delegation to participate in the session was formed by the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy by Decree No. 115/2026-rp dated October 5, 2026. Mariana Betsa, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, President of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO, and Ukraine’s representative to the UNESCO Executive Board, has been appointed head of the delegation.
The delegation also included:
- Viktoria Lialina-Boiko – Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO, Deputy Head of Delegation;
- Anton Barabulia – Deputy Head of Division (Secretariat) of the National Commission of Ukraine for UNESCO, Department of International Organizations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs;
- Stanislav Dovgyi – President of the National Center “Junior Academy of Sciences of Ukraine,” Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine;
- Mykola Movchan – Deputy Permanent Representative of Ukraine to UNESCO.
The 225th session began on October, 5 with meetings of the Executive Board’s bodies and committees. Olha Herasymiuk has already participated in a meeting of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations (CR), which examines issues related to states’ implementation of UNESCO’s international conventions and recommendations, as well as reports of possible human rights violations within the Organization’s competence areas. The meetings of the Committee on Conventions and Recommendations are taking place on October 5–7.
The official opening of the 225th session of the UNESCO Executive Board will take place on October 8. Overall, during the session, members of the Executive Board will consider issues related to the Organization’s programmatic activities and governance.
As a reminder, Olha Herasymiuk, Chair of the National Council and the National Committee for the UNESCO “Information for All” (IFAP) Programme, represents Ukraine in the Bureau of the Intergovernmental Council of the UNESCO Programme. During the extraordinary session of the IFAP Intergovernmental Council held in December 2025, Ukraine was elected to the Bureau for the 2026–2027 term.
