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.
Sunday, August 12, 2007
National committee formed to support Hosni UNESCO nomination
State Information Service
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Mr Hosni as chairman of UNESCO ? Quite ironical, when one remembers that early this year, he ordered the destruction of the village of Gourna ! The Theban necropolis is listed on the World Heritage list and therefore protected from destruction, including the modern village... Similarly, the UNESCO tried to prevent the destructions around Karnak as part of the "development" plan carried out by Mr Hosni, but did not receive any response from the Egyptian authorities. Mr Hosni, please try first to respect the UNESCO efforts to protect the heritage !
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