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Anti-Semitic remarks cloud Egypts UNESCO bid
[Al Arabiya Latest] Egypt's controversial candidate for UNESCO director general failed to win an absolute majority in a ballot of world envoys on Friday, with the vote now set to head to a third round, a spokesman said.Envoys to the United Nations cultural organization started voting Thursday for a successor to Japan's Koichiro Matsuura as director general, with the Farouq Hosni, Egypt's culture minister for 22 years, seen as the frontrunner. One of nine candidates, Hosni fell short of the 30 votes needed to win election, and a third ballot was set for Saturday, the UNESCO spokesman said. According to a diplomat at the organization, the 71-year-old Hosni secured 23 of the votes from UNESCO's 58-nation executive council. Posted by: Fred 2009-09-20 |
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