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  • Controversy Surrounds Frontrunner in Race to Head Major U.N. Agency

    09/09/2009 12:09:59 AM PDT · by Cindy · 12 replies · 1,369+ views
    CNS NEWS.com ^ | Tuesday, September 08, 2009 | By Patrick Goodenough, International Editor
    SNIPPET: "The new head of the Paris-based U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), an agency that gets 22 percent of its regular $600 million-plus annual budget from U.S. taxpayers, will be selected in a process that involves behind-closed-doors interviewing and a secret ballot vote." SNIPPET: "Farouk Hosni, who has been Egypt’s culture minister for more than two decades, leads a nine-strong field of hopefuls. He leads largely because he has the backing of the Arab League, the Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC) and the African Union, and because Arab governments say it is the Arab world’s turn." SNIPPET:...