Voting to elect a new UNESCO president enters its fifth and final round Tuesday, after Egyptian Faruq Hosni's candidacy was clouded by accusations of anti-Semitism. His main rival is former Bulgarian FM Irina Bokova.
Voting on who will fill the top spot at UNESCO has entered a fourth round after the front-runner, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni (pictured), again failed to win the nomination amid charges that he has a history of making anti-Semitic comments.
Benita Ferrero-Waldner, the European Commissioner for External Relations, pulled out of the UNESCO director-general race Sunday after three rounds of voting failed to deliver a winner. Egyptian culture minister Farouk Hosni is the frontrunner.
After failing to get the required 30 votes in Saturday’s third round of voting, Egyptian culture minister Farouk Hosni faces a fourth round for the job as UNESCO’s director-general. Hosni’s bid has been clouded by anti-Semitism allegations.
After failing to get the required 30 votes to get the job as UNESCO’s director-general, Egyptian culture minister Farouk Hosni faces a third round of voting Saturday. Hosni's bid for the post has been clouded by anti-Semitism allegations.
The US, Britain, France and Germany have condemned Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's latest comments denying the Holocaust. Iran's president earlier said the Nazi genocide of Jews was a "mythical claim" and a pretext to establish the State of Israel.
Having failed to garner a clear majority in the first two rounds of voting, Egypt's controversial minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, is facing a third round of voting on his candidacy for the post of UNESCO director-general.
Egypt's controversial minister of culture, Farouk Hosni, won 22 votes out of 57 in the first round of voting on his candidacy for the post of UNESCO director-general. Having failed to garner a clear majority, voting goes to a second round on Friday.
Egypt's controversial minister of culture Farouk Hosni managed to win 22 votes out of 57 in the first round of voting for the position of director-general at UNESCO. This is not a clear majority, so voting will now go to a second round.
Delegates at the United Nations' culture and education agency have failed to elect a new director-general after the first round of voting. A bid for the post by Egypt's minister of culture, Farouk Hosni (pictured), has provoked a bitter election row.
