Egyptian minister of culture Farouk Hosni lashed at Egyptian magazine Akher Sa’a reporters over recent gossips claiming a conspiracy within UNESCO against his candidacy for the position of secretary-general for this U.N. organization.
Hosni described the report as inaccurate. He dismissed claims attributed by the magazine to “special sources” that current director-general Koichiro Matsura stands beside his deputy Marcio Barbosa of Brazil, to succeed him in office. Minister Hosni said that Egyptian-Japanese relations are very important, and that he does not believe that Matsura would make any of the statements attributed to him by the reporter.
Hosni added that Matsura would never compromise his integrity (and neutrality) by interfering in any way with the upcoming elections scheduled for September 2009 (to be voted on by 68 countries in the executive council out of 194 countries in the general assembly). The minister also said that the upcoming elections will not precipitate any kind of political crisis, and that he was confident that the next director would continue to build on the work of the previous leadership, and abide by all of the established rules of the organization.
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