U.S. Delays Decision on UNESCO
The State Department said today the election of a new director general of UNESCO to replace Amadou-Mahatar M’Bow of Senegal will not automatically lead to a U.S. decision to rejoin the organization, which it left in 1984 complaining of politicization.
UNESCO selected a former minister of education of Spain, Federico Mayor Zaragoza, to replace M’Bow during a weekend meeting in Paris. “We will assess rejoining UNESCO only when there is evidence of institutional, programmatic and structural reforms,” State Department spokeswoman Phyllis Oakley said.
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