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UNESCO conference elects 31 new executive board members
New York, US (PANA) - The UNESCO General Conference, holding in Paris, the French capital, has elected 31 new members to the agency’s executive board.
UNESCO’s General Conference comprises the agency’s member states and is tasked with determining the agency’s policies and main lines of work.
A statement made available to PANA in New York on Thursday, said the ongoing 36th session of the general conference elected board members to four-year terms on the basis of a geographical allocation.
It stated that Austria, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland and US were elected from the Western European and other countries grouping to join the executive board, adding that Russia, Czech Republic, Montenegro and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were chosen from Eastern Europe.
The statement also disclosed that Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador and Mexico were elected from Latin America and the Caribbean, with the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Indonesia,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea from Asia.
According to the statement, the African countries of Nigeria, Namibia, Ethiopia, Mali, Gabon, Malawi, Angola and Gambia are also joining the board, while the Middle East and North Africa will be represented by the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
The new members join others elected in 2009, whose mandate will expire in 2013.
PANA learnt that the UNESCO conference, which meets twice a year, elects 58-member executive board, which assumes the overall management of the agency
-0- PANA AA/BOS 3Nov2011
UNESCO’s General Conference comprises the agency’s member states and is tasked with determining the agency’s policies and main lines of work.
A statement made available to PANA in New York on Thursday, said the ongoing 36th session of the general conference elected board members to four-year terms on the basis of a geographical allocation.
It stated that Austria, France, Spain, Italy, United Kingdom and Northern Ireland and US were elected from the Western European and other countries grouping to join the executive board, adding that Russia, Czech Republic, Montenegro and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia were chosen from Eastern Europe.
The statement also disclosed that Brazil, Cuba, Ecuador and Mexico were elected from Latin America and the Caribbean, with the Republic of Korea, Thailand, Indonesia,
Afghanistan, Pakistan and Papua New Guinea from Asia.
According to the statement, the African countries of Nigeria, Namibia, Ethiopia, Mali, Gabon, Malawi, Angola and Gambia are also joining the board, while the Middle East and North Africa will be represented by the United Arab Emirates, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia.
The new members join others elected in 2009, whose mandate will expire in 2013.
PANA learnt that the UNESCO conference, which meets twice a year, elects 58-member executive board, which assumes the overall management of the agency
-0- PANA AA/BOS 3Nov2011
