Other positions

1995                 Member of the Culture Prize Committee, Ministry of Culture of Brazil

1995                 Member of the Historical Heritage Fundraising Committee, Ministry of

                         Culture of Brazil

1993-1995        Member of the International Bioethics Committee (UNESCO)

1992                 Head of UNESCO Delegation to the United Nations Conference on

                         Environment and Development, Rio de Janeiro

1985-1988        President, Federal Council for Culture, Brazil

1980                 Vice-President, UNESCO General Conference, Belgrade

1979                 Head of the Brazilian Delegation to the International Conference of

                         Ministers of Education, Madrid

                         Head of the Brazilian Delegation to the Regional Conference of

                         Ministers of  Education and Planning for Latin America and the 

                         Caribbean (Mexico)

                         Chairman of the Coordinating Council for Doctoral Studies in the

                         Faculty of  Literature, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro

1976                 Extraordinary and Plenipotenciary Ambassador for the funeral of

                         President Agostinho Neto, Angola