New Executive Director of UNESCO: A Three Horse Race?
The United Nations is starting to take shape with the new team which will work with Secretary General Antรณnio Guterres. The next decision will be who will be the Executive Director of UNESCO as Irina Bokova completed her second term. She has by all accounts done a good job as Executive Director having during her term had to deal with the withdrawal of US funding. She managed to do this without too much disruption to the work of UNESCO. She may find herself on speed dial to the new UN chiefs as they deal with what she has already had to deal with. The Director-General of UNESCO is the Organization’s Chief Administrative Officer. The Director-General may be appointed initially for a period of four years, and may be appointed for a further term of four years, but shall not be eligible for reappointment for a subsequent term. Nine candidates have gone through the interview process. Mr Polad BรLBรLOGLU (Azerbaijan) Mr PHAM Sanh Chau (Viet Nam) Ms Moushira KHATTAB (Egypt...