UNCESCO's next chief to come from France or Qatar
PARIS (AP) -- UNESCO's next chief will come from either Qatar or France as candidates were winnowed down ahead of a decisive vote Friday on the future of the U.N. cultural agency. The winner will...
View ArticleThe Latest: French candidate picked as next UNESCO chief
PARIS (AP) -- The Latest on the election of a new director for the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, known as UNESCO (all times local): 7:15 p.m. UNESCO's executive...
View ArticleFrance's Audrey Azoulay wins vote to be next UNESCO chief
PARIS (AP) -- UNESCO's executive board on Friday chose former French Culture Minister Audrey Azoulay to be the U.N. cultural agency's next leader over a Qatari candidate in an unusually heated race...
View ArticleUNESCO: The UN's educational, scientific, cultural agency
In this Tuesday, July 7, 2015, file photo, the Statue of Liberty stands in New York harbor with the New York City skyline in the background. UNESCO is known for proclaiming World Heritage sites _...
View ArticleFrance''s Azoulay wins UNESCO director general election: Sources
The United Nations` cultural agency has selected France`s Audrey Azoulay as its new director general, two diplomatic sources said on Friday. ......
View ArticleFrance's Azoulay wins UNESCO director general election: sources
PARIS (Reuters) - The United Nations' cultural agency has selected France's Audrey Azoulay as its new director general, two diplomatic sources said on Friday. ......
View ArticleWithdrawing from UNESCO further isolates the U.S. and risks undercutting...
President Trump’s announcement that he is withdrawing the United States from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is being framed as a cost-cutting measure — the...
View ArticleNetanyahu: Israel Prepping to Withdraw from UNESCO Alongside U.S.
The United States announced Thursday it is pulling out of the U.N.’s educational, scientific and cultural agency because of what Washington sees as its anti-Israel bias and a need for “fundamental...
View ArticleUNESCO Chooses Former French Culture Minister As New Chief After U.S. Pulls Out
The United Nations’ cultural agency selected former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay as its new chief on Friday, handing her the keys to revive UNESCO’s fortunes after the United States pulled...
View ArticleChaos Hits UNESCO Leadership Vote After U.S., Israel Announce Departure
PARIS - Two Arab candidates and France's former culture minister vied to become the new head of the UN's embattled culture and education agency on Friday, a day after the US quit the body, accusing it...
View ArticleNew Unesco chief: France's Audrey Azoulay picked to lead embattled UN...
Unesco’s executive board voted Friday to make a former French government minister the UN cultural agency’s next chief after an unusually heated election that was overshadowed by Middle East tensions....
View ArticleTrump is pulling the U.S. out of UNESCO. The bigger pattern is the problem.
A general view of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization headquarters, in Paris. (Reuters) On Oct. 12, the Trump administration announced the United States would pull out...
View ArticleInside Fujian’s tulou – Unesco-listed Hakka roundhouses: their history,...
As dusk envelops the village of Xiazai in Yongding district, Fujian province, in southwest China, swallows swoop low over a stream and calm descends as the tourists drift away. The old residents, all...
View ArticleWhy Trump Is Pushing the U.S. to Abandon the World's Main Organization for...
More depressing news about the power of the Israel lobby. At first glance, the decision last week by the Trump administration, followed immediately by Israel, to quit the United Nation’s cultural...
View ArticleTrump's 'I alone' approach jeopardizes U.S. security and prosperity
Remember all of the criticisms of President George W. Bush for his “unilateralism” in world affairs? And of President Obama for his...
View ArticleThat idiot Trump has got one thing right
I have been watching Donald Trump closely for more than a year and I have come to the considered opinion… ......
View ArticleLibraries' closure, NGO Law cited against Egypt's candidacy in UNESCO: Khattab
(MENAFN - Daily News Egypt) In her first televised interview following elections, Egypt's former candidate for UNESCO's top post, Moushira Khattab, addressed several reasons that h... ......
View ArticleUNESCO: 264 million children don't go to school
The 2017 Global Education Monitoring Report states that many different parties must be held accountable so all children have equal access to a good education — and that countries must invest a lot more...
View ArticleFierce clashes with IS near Mosul’: paramilitary unit
Baghdad:Jihadists from the Islamic State group and fighters from Iraq’s Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary coalition were locked in fierce clashes near Mosul Tuesday, with nearly 30 reported dead, the...
View Article