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France’s Audrey Azoulay, the newly-elected director general of UNESCO, speaks to the media at the organization’s headquarters in Paris, France. (Reuters)
France’s Azoulay Wins UNESCO Director General’s Post
Paris – UNESCO’s executive board voted Friday to make a former French culture minister the UN cultural agency’s next chief for the four coming years after an unusually heated election. UNESCO’s executive board voted 30 to 28 in favor of Audrey...Caption:
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UNESCO: Extra Session to Break the Tie between French, Egyptian Candidates
Paris — Unlike all previous expectations, the fourth election round to assign a new director general for UNESCO carried a surprise that has never happened in the history of the UN organization. The fourth round, which was carried out Thursday evening and was expected...Caption:
A general view shows the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris, France, October 4, 2017. Picture taken October 4, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/File Photo
US Quits UNESCO Over ‘Anti-Israel Bias’
The United States is withdrawing from the United Nation’s world heritage body UNESCO, effective Dec. 31, the US State Department said in a statement on Thursday citing “continuing anti-Israel bias” and “mounting arrears”. “This decision was not taken lightly, and...Caption: