"Last week, the executive board of UNESCO, the United Nations education, cultural and science agency, nominated Egypt's Khaled El-Enany as its candidate to be the next director-general. This decision is expected to be ratified when UNESCO's member states meet in Uzbekistan for their annual conference from 30 October to 13 November. The baton will then formally pass to El-Enany from France's former culture minister, Audrey Azoulay, who has served for the past eight years."
"It's not been reported widely, but the UN is in the middle of one of the most severe budget crises in its history. Member states are behind in their regular contributions to the organization's US$3.7 billion annual budget. As of April, the United States - which contributes around one-fifth of the UN's annual income - and China together owed more than $2 billion (the United States around $1.5 billion and China nearly $600 million)."
Egypt's Khaled El-Enany was nominated by UNESCO's executive board as candidate for director-general and is expected to be ratified at the member states' conference in Uzbekistan from 30 October to 13 November. The leadership will transfer from France's Audrey Azoulay after her eight-year term. El-Enany will be the first Arabic-speaking director-general and the first leader from a low- or middle-income country since Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow (1974–1987). The UN faces a severe budget crisis with member states behind on contributions to its US$3.7 billion budget; as of April the United States and China together owed more than US$2 billion.
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