National committee formed to support Hosni UNESCO nomination
Egypt

National committee formed to support Hosni UNESCO nomination


State Information Service
A national committee has been formed comprising the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Culture and Higher Education to implement a plan supporting Minister of Culture Farouk Hosni's nomination for the UNESCO director general post.

The Foreign Ministry has started sending messages to foreign ministries of other countries and the UNESCO's 58-member Executive Council, with the minister's CV attached. The plan covers actions to be taken and timetable to be set till the elections in 2009 as well as actions on the political, cultural, social and humanitarian levels.

There are considerations governing the nomination of any figure for an international position, including the status of the country of the nominee and his international contributions, diplomatic sources said, adding that the Egyptian nominee has fulfilled both considerations.




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