Egypt
No Farouk Hosni for Director General of UNESCO
Mr Hosni has said amongst other things that he would personally burn all Israeli books in Egyptian libraries and as a result he is an inappropriate choice to represent the preservation of world heritage which whether Mr. Hosni likes it or not includes Israeli heritage.
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/270304,german-panel-opposed-to-e=yptian-minister-as-unesco-head.html
Contact UNESCO:
http://portal.unesco.org/en/ev.php-URL_ID=6427&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
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