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<\/a> Former French culture minister Audrey Azoulay was elected the new head <\/strong>of UNESCO<\/strong>, beating Qatar\u2019s Hamad bin Abdulaziz Al Kawari after a fifth round of voting, Reuters reports<\/a>. Khattab had exited the running after an earlier head-to-head ballot with Azoulay, who went on to beat the Qatari amid allegations the statelet had engaged in bribery in connection with the bid. After initially filing a notice<\/a> to UNESCO alleging irregularities in the secret ballot, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry issued a statement congratulating<\/a> Azoulay and another thanking all the countries<\/a>which gave its support to Khattab\u2019s bid, including China<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The vote came after the US and Israel pulled out of UNESCO on charges that the <\/strong>organization is biased against Israel<\/strong>, Reuters reports<\/a>. The US provides one fifth of UNESCO\u2019s budget. Azoulay is the first person to run the cultural institution who identifies herself as being Jewish.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the UN\u2019s human rights agency condemned Egypt, Azerbaijan, and Indonesia <\/strong>for \u201cunjustly arrested dozens of people during anti-gay crackdowns<\/strong> in recent weeks,\u201d according to Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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