Permanent Delegate of Colombia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Permanent Delegate of Colombia to UNESCO Delegada Permanente de Colombia ante la UNESCO
Incumbent Sonia del Rosario Sarmiento Gutiérrez since 5 March 2009
Style	Her Excellency
Appointer	Juan Manuel Santos Calderón
Inaugural holder	Jaime Jaramillo Arango
Formation	1 November 1945
Salary	€6,030 (monthly)[1]
Website	Delegation's Website

The Permanent Delegate of Colombia to UNESCO is the Permanent Delegate of the Republic of Colombia to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

The Delegate is Colombia's foremost diplomatic representative at the UNESCO, and Chief of Mission of the Colombian delegation to UNESCO in Paris. The officeholder however, is not the only high-ranking Colombian diplomat in France, the other one being the Ambassador of Colombia to France also in Paris. The officeholder is charged with representing the interests of the President and Government of Colombia in relation to the mission of UNESCO.

References

1. Colombia, President of (28 June 2004). "Decreto 2078 de 2004" (decree). Diario Oficial (in Spanish) (Bogotá: Colombia, National Printing Office) (45,595). ISSN 0122-2112. OCLC 500057889. Retrieved 14 December 2012.