(Source: UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) Paris, 1 December - UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova flatly rejected the United Kingdom's Multilateral Development Review (MDR) for 2016 as 'flawed' and called for an independent and objective oversight body to review its findings. 'For the sake of accuracy and transparency, this report must undergo a thorough and professional review that objectively takes into account the steps that UNESCO has taken to address the key issues highlighted in the report. 'This report is based on a flawed methodology, which misunderstands, if not ignoring UNESCO's policy support role, and its normative and standard setting...
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