This is despite criticism from heritage groups that he had failed to protect cultural treasures at home such as Cairo’s “City of the Dead”.
Enany was elected last month by UNESCO’s 58-member Executive Board with 55 votes, beating Edouard Firmin Matoko of Congo-Brazzaville. His appointment as the first Arab director-general of the United Nations cultural and education agency will be put to a formal confirmation vote of all 194 member states at the agency’s general conference in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
–Reuters–
