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The 35th Session of the General Conference today elected Irina Bokova of Bulgaria as the tenth Director General of UNESCO. Photo by BGNES
The 35th Session of the General Conference officially confirmed Thursday in Paris Bulgarian Irina Bokova as the tenth Director General of UNESCO.
Upon the announcement of her confirmation, the new Director General declared : “It is my dream to nurture relations of perfect synergy between the Director-General and Member States, so as to move together towards the creation of societies that are more just and prosperous, based on knowledge, tolerance and equal opportunity for all, thanks to education, science, culture and access to information. I shall be guided in my work by my concept of a new humanism for the 21st century.”
Bokova further stated one of her main tasks is the development of the dialogue between different cultures and civilizations and a new look at UNESCO's role and its possibilities to unite different regions of the world.
Bokova told the General Conference she is proud to be the first woman and the first Eastern European to lead UNESCO.
“I fully realize the huge responsibility before me and the challenges ahead,” she said, talking about her deep respect for her predecessors, and thanking the members of the General Conference and Bulgarian President, Georgi Parvanov, for their unwavering support.
Bokova informed she would present her program at the last day of the Conference - October 23. Her mandate officially begins on November 15.
The Bulgarian information agency BGNES reported late Thursday that the former Director General of the UN, Butros-Gali, had invited Bokova to visit Egypt.
More about Bokova and her election read here.
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