There are 40 seats on IOC Executive Council (1 Chairperson, 5 Vice-chairpersons and 34 Member States).

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences

Mr. Bernstein was first appointed to the United States Holocaust Memorial Council in 2002 and was designated Chairperson by President Obama in 2010.

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On the higher education circuit, she will receive the title of Honorary Professor from Tongji University in Shanghai and meet with officials at Hainan University, where she is Honorary Chairperson of the University Council.

UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

"Without the high increases in complaints to Southern Water, Anglian Water and South East Water, figures for the industry overall would have dropped, " said Dame Yve Buckland, chairperson of the Consumer Council for Water.

BBC: Record complaints to water firms

Opened by Zola Skweyiya, former South African Minister of Social Development and current President of the MOST Intergovernmental Council (IGC) and the Chairperson of the MOST Scientific Advisory Committee, the Egyptian academic, Nazli Choucri, renowned scholar at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), this session had three main highlights.

UNESCO: Social and Human Sciences