UNESCO Gets Ready to Appoint Its Next Director-General

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The Chairperson of the Executive Board of UNESCO, Mr. Michael Worbs, has announced the names of the nine candidates received for the post of Director-General of UNESCO. The nominees are listed below.

Name of candidate Proposed by
Mr Polad BÜLBÜLOGLU

 

Azerbaijan

 

Mr PHAM Sanh Chau

 

Viet Nam

 

Ms Moushira KHATTAB

 

Egypt

 

Mr Hamad bin Abdulaziz AL-KAWARI

 

Qatar

 

Mr Qian TANG

 

China

 

Mr Juan Alfonso FUENTES SORIA

 

Guatemala

 

Mr Saleh AL-HASNAWI

 

Iraq

 

Ms Vera EL-KHOURY LACOEUILHE

 

Lebanon

 

Ms Audrey AZOULAY

 

France

 

The Director-General is nominated by the Executive Board and appointed by the General Conference for a period of four years.

These nine candidates will be interviewed during the 201st Board session on Wednesday 26 and Thursday 27 April 2017.

The person to be nominated by the Executive Board shall be chosen by secret ballot, during a vote that will take place during the Board’s 202nd session in October 2017.

Subsequently, the Chairperson of the Board shall inform the General Conference, during its 39th session in November 2017, of the candidate nominated by the Board.

The General Conference shall consider this nomination and then elect, by secret ballot, the person proposed by the Executive Board.

Information pertaining to the candidates, together with the procedure for the nomination of the Director-General of UNESCO, is available on the Executive Board website.

Photo courtesy: UNESCO

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