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QNA
Doha
THE United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris will see the election for the organisation's 11th director-general on Monday, with seven candidates in the fray including Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz al Kuwari of Qatar.
Dr Kuwari and the other six candidates, including Polad Bulbuloglu of Azerbaijan, Pham Sanh Chau of Vietnam, Qian Tang of China, Vera El-Khoury Lacoeuilhe of Lebanon, Audrey Azoulay of France and Moushira Khattab ofEgypt will be contesting to succeed the Bulgarian Irina Bokova.
Fifty-eight members of the UNESCO Executive Board are holding its 202nd session in Paris under the chairmanship of Germany's Ambassador to UNESCO Michael Worbs, to choose the candidate. The person to be nominated by the executive board will be chosen by a secret ballot.
The winner will be announced by October 13, after which the General Conference will elect the Executive Board at its 39th session on November 10, with the participation of the 195 member states. The new Director-General will assume office on November 15.
The UNESCO Director-General is appointed for a period of four years, and may be appointed for a further term of four years, but shall not be eligible for reappointment for a subsequent term.
