Russia was not elected to the UNESCO Executive Board. President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky announced this on his page on the social network X (Twitter).
Commenting on this decision, the head of state said that the era of Russian influence is over.
— For the first time in history, Russia was expelled from the UNESCO Executive Board. The era of Russian influence is over, and rightly so: Russian terrorists have no place at the head of significant international organizations. Russia’s international role will only weaken,” the president wrote.
The UNESCO Executive Board is one of the three key organs of the UN (along with the General Conference and the Secretariat), which manages its budgetary and program activities.
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The Council has 58 members who are elected by the General Conference and includes all members of UNESCO. Members of the Executive Council are elected on a quota basis, with quotas allocated for each region based on a relative majority of votes.
Russia was part of Group II Eastern Europe, from which Serbia, Albania, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were selected.
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