(MENAFN- The Peninsula) AP
PARIS: The election of UNESCO's new chief has been narrowed down to two candidates, one from Qatar and the other from France.
The winner to be selected this evening will succeed outgoing Director-General Irina Bokova, whose 8-year term leading the UN cultural agency.
Qatar's Hamad bin Abdulaziz al-Kawari and France's Audrey Azoulay are vying to get the needed 30 votes from UNESCO's executive board.
UNESCO's general assembly will have to sign off on the board's pick.
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