{"id":17569,"date":"2025-11-08T20:09:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T19:09:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=17569"},"modified":"2026-09-04T08:32:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T07:32:41","slug":"algeria-participates-in-unesco-director-general-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?p=17569","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Participates in UNESCO Director-General Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Samarkand, Uzbekistan<\/strong> \u2013 Algeria, represented by the Minister of National Education, Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui, participated in the election of the Director-General of the <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">United Nations<\/a> Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Samarkand. The election took place during the 43rd session of the UNESCO General Conference.<\/p>\n<p>The conference, held in the historic city of Samarkand, Uzbekistan, saw member states gather to select the organization&#8217;s new leader. Minister Saadaoui&#8217;s presence underscores Algeria&#8217;s commitment to UNESCO&#8217;s mission and its active role in international collaborations focused on education, <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=35\">science<\/a>, and <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-internal\" data-dzsl=\"internal\" href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=41\">culture<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The individual elected to the position of Director-General will be responsible for guiding UNESCO&#8217;s strategic direction and overseeing its various programs aimed at promoting education, scientific cooperation, cultural preservation, and freedom of expression worldwide. The outcome of the election is expected to have a significant impact on the organization&#8217;s priorities and initiatives in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Algeria&#8217;s participation in this crucial event reflects its ongoing dedication to fostering multilateralism and supporting UNESCO&#8217;s efforts to address global challenges in the fields of education, science, and culture. The <a class=\"dzsl-auto-link dzsl-external\" data-dzsl=\"external\" href=\"https:\/\/www.education.gov.dz\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Ministry of National Education<\/a> released a statement affirming Algeria&#8217;s commitment to working with the new Director-General and other member states to advance UNESCO&#8217;s goals.<\/p>\n<p><em>DZWatch will continue to provide updates on this developing story.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/?cat=1\">More Algeria articles on DZWatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\">DZWatch &#8211; Your News Portal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Samarkand, Uzbekistan \u2013 Algeria, represented by the Minister of National Education, Mohamed Seghir Saadaoui, participated in the election of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Samarkand. The election took place&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17570,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","iawp_total_views":10,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-algeria"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17569"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74722,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17569\/revisions\/74722"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dzwatch.dz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}