Addis Ababa — Sierra Leone's erudite Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation and Chairperson of the African Union Ministerial Committee on African Candidatures within the International System, Dr. Samura Kamara, has led an AU delegation to galvanize support for the endorsed African candidate, Her Excellency Dr. Mousshira Khattab, for the post of Director General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) during the organisation's election held on 9th October, 2017 in Paris, France.
Dr. Samura Kamara's mission in Paris was in compliance with the African Union's Executive Council and Assembly Decisions adopted in January 2017 which inter-alia provides that "the Secretariat of the African Union Ministerial Committee on African Candidatures within the International System should organize a mission of the Chairperson of the Ministerial Committee to meet with the Permanent Missions of Member States to International Organizations, in order to sensitize and brief them, as well as organize the different aspects and stages of management of African candidatures within the international system".
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