Breaking: France wins UNESCO's director-general post

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Fri, 13 Oct 2017 - 05:16 GMT

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Fri, 13 Oct 2017 - 05:16 GMT

Audrey Azoulay, France's candidate for the position of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), poses outside the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

Audrey Azoulay, France's candidate for the position of Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), poses outside the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, France, October 13, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer

PARIS - 13 October 2017: The United Nations' cultural agency has selected France's Audrey Azoulay as its new director general, two diplomatic sources said on Friday.

UNESCO's executive board voted 30 to 28 in favour of Azoulay, a former French culture minister, against Qatar's Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari.

It will now be put forward for approval to UNESCO's 195 members on Nov. 10.

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