{"id":131409,"date":"2018-04-12T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2018-04-12T13:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?post_type=document&p=131409"},"modified":"2020-07-22T01:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T05:16:29","slug":"unesco-director-general-azoulay-welcomes-restoration-of-constructive-dialogue-concerning-middle-east-at-unesco-executive-board-statement","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/unesco-director-general-azoulay-welcomes-restoration-of-constructive-dialogue-concerning-middle-east-at-unesco-executive-board-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"UNESCO Director-General Azoulay Welcomes Restoration of Constructive Dialogue Concerning Middle East at UNESCO Executive Board – Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"

12 April 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Russian \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629<\/a><\/p>\n

Chinese: \u4e2d\u6587<\/a><\/p>\n

Statement of the Director-General of UNESCO<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI welcome the spirit of dialogue and responsibility that has allowed a consensual decision to be reached in the framework of the Executive Board during its discussions concerning the Middle East.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis spirit of consensus opens up a new positive dynamic within UNESCO. I thank all the delegations that have worked towards this, notably the representatives of the Palestinian, Israeli, Jordanian, American, and European Union delegations. The Secretariat of UNESCO will continue to be involved as a dialogue facilitator for Member States.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis outcome bears witness to the Parties\u2019 strong commitment to work together, including on the most sensitive issues. The will to achieve consensus is part of UNESCO\u2019s DNA and must guide our work in the future, particularly during the upcoming discussions at the World Heritage Committee and within the governing bodies of the Organization.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe restoration of a constructive atmosphere is a necessary first step for UNESCO to be able to work steadily in its fields of competence: education, the sciences and culture. Our Organization was established specifically to create spaces for dialogue and cooperation in areas of shared interest: the heritage of humanity, scientific cooperation, and the sharing of ideas and knowledge. The Secretariat will spare no effort in supporting States along this path.”<\/p>\n

*The decision adopted<\/a>\u00a0in Commission will be submitted for final approval by the Executive Board in the Plenary session on 17 April.<\/p>\n

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Contact: George Papagiannis, Media relations;\u00a0g.papagiannis@unesco.org<\/a><\/p>\n

UNESCO Decision 204 EX\/25<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

12 April 2018 fran\u00e7ais espa\u00f1ol Russian \u0420\u0443\u0441\u0441\u043a\u0438\u0439\u00a0 Arabic: \u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 Chinese: \u4e2d\u6587 Statement of the Director-General of UNESCO \u201cI welcome the spirit of dialogue and responsibility that has allowed a consensual decision to be reached in the framework of the Executive Board during its discussions concerning the Middle East. \u201cThis spirit of consensus opens up a […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"country":[],"document-category":[2437,2777,2433,1329,4371,2769,1338],"document-source":[2505,4798,2497],"committee-meeting":[],"document-subject":[6156,1945,2441,2401,1961],"entity":[1889,1985,1729],"document-language":[6544,6543,6542,6541,6539,6538],"class_list":["post-131409","document","type-document","status-publish","hentry","document-category-arabic-text","document-category-chinese-text","document-category-french-text","document-category-press-release","document-category-russian-text","document-category-spanish-text","document-category-statement","document-source-european-union-eu","document-source-state","document-source-united-nations-educational-scientific-and-cultural-organization-unesco","document-subject-agenda-item","document-subject-assistance","document-subject-education-and-culture","document-subject-holy-places","document-subject-jerusalem","entity-intergovernmental-organization-or-multilateral","entity-state","entity-united-nations-system","document-language-arabic","document-language-chinese","document-language-english","document-language-french","document-language-russian","document-language-spanish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/131409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/document"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document\/131409\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=131409"},{"taxonomy":"document-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-category?post=131409"},{"taxonomy":"document-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-source?post=131409"},{"taxonomy":"committee-meeting","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/committee-meeting?post=131409"},{"taxonomy":"document-subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-subject?post=131409"},{"taxonomy":"entity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/entity?post=131409"},{"taxonomy":"document-language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/document-language?post=131409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}