UNESCO confirms first female director-general
PARIS. October 16. KAZINFORM The General Conference of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Culture Organization (UNESCO) officially confirmed Bulgaria's diplomat Irina Bokova as new director-general late Thursday; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
The 193-member UNESCO General Assembly meeting in Paris approved the appointment of the first woman to lead the Paris-based UNESCO.
"I shall be guided in my concept of a new humanism for the 21st century," Bokova said after her election by the 35th session of the assembly.
She vowed to implement reforms for more efficient and less bureaucratic operations of the organization, and promote the values of dialogue, diversity, human dignity and human rights when representing her concept for the 21st century; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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