The UNESCO headquarters in Paris on October 9 will see elections for the organization’s top post of director-general, with eight candidates competing to succeed the Bulgarian Irina Bokova after the withdrawal of the Guatemalan candidate. It also supports many projects such as literacy, technical training, teacher training and training programs and global science programs. Fifty-eight members of the UNESCO Executive Council will hold meetings from October 4 to 18 at the UNESCO headquarters under the chairmanship of Michael Worbs, Germany’s ambassador to UNESCO, to choose the candidate. The General Conference shall consider this nomination and then elect, by secret ballot, the person proposed by the Executive Board. The official website of UNESCO confirmed that the candidate must get the majority to win the election, among the eight candidates.

Source: Egypt Independent October 03, 2017 14:37 UTC