Posts Tagged: SWC UNESCO
South Korean Candidate Defeats Iranian Frontrunner in Key UNESCO Election Contest
South Korea's ambassador to UNESCO -- the cultural, scientific and educational agency of the United Nations -- was elected on Thursday as chairman of the...
‘Qatarstrophe’ Averted, World’s Democracies Should Remain in UNESCO, Jewish Human Rights Group Urges
A leading Jewish human rights organization has expressed its relief at the defeat of Hamad Bin Abdulaziz Al-Kawari – the Qatari candidate for the post of...
Ex-Qatari Minister, Who Wrote Preface to Antisemitic Book, Among Leading Candidates in Election Contest for New UNESCO Chief
A Qatari official with a questionable record on antisemitism is among the leading candidates standing for election this week for the post of the next director-general of...
UNESCO Pulls Jewish Exhibit After Last Minute Protest From Arab League
UNESCO, the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization, has pulled a Jewish exhibit two years in the making, entitled "People, Book, Land - The 3,500 Year...
