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

[Chris_]

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

(CNSNews.com) – A major United Nations agency will choose a new director-general in the coming days, and although promoting freedom of expression is among its key functions, the leading candidate is backed by some of the world’s most repressive governments.
 
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.
 
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.

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Asked by Egyptian lawmakers in May 2008 about the existence of Israeli books in a library in Alexandria, the culture minister answered, “Let’s burn these books. If there are any, I will burn them myself before you.”
 
Hosni has admitted the remarks, but sought to justify them by invoking “the sufferings and injustice done to the Palestinian people.”

Nope.  No agenda there. Nothing to see here folks...move along.

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[DumbAss Tanker]

What's the problem, he sounds like a perfect match for the position...given how the UN works.

[SSG Snuggle Bunny]

I'd rather put up with ancient pagans rather than that gutter religion Islam.

[megimoo]

We know more about Jesus Christ, the true son of GOD than we know about Abraham Lincoln or other American historical figures .At least three men and their acolytes who were with him constantly have borne whitness to him ,his words and his works.We have their independant words through their acolytes telling the same story through completely different  points of view.His Testament has been translated into just about every language on earth and his followers abound all over the earth.

[Chris_]

We know more about Jesus Christ, the true son of GOD than we know about Abraham Lincoln or other American historical figures .At least three men and their acolytes who were with him constantly have borne whitness to him ,his words and his works.We have their independant words through their acolytes telling the same story through completely different  points of view.His Testament has been translated into just about every language on earth and his followers abound all over the earth.

Uhhhhh, ok.