BENITA FERRERO-WALDNER INTENDS TO HEAD UNESCO

/PanARMENIAN.Net/
14.09.2009 10:52 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Benita Ferrero-Waldner, European Commissioner for
New Neighborhood Policy, plans to quit the European Commission and
continue her career as Director General of UNESCO.

"It is my ambition to raise the organization’s political profile, tap
its true potential and give it the visibility it deserves," she said.

Nevertheless, she has acknowledged that she does not have the full
backing of European governments, some of which support rival bids
by Lithuania’s UNESCO ambassador Ina Marciulionyte and Bulgarian
ambassador to France Irina Bokova.

Supported by France, Egypt’s Culture Minister Farouk Hosni also runs
for the post.

To be elected, a candidate should get at least 32 votes out of 58.