Appointment with UNESCO Director General Ms Irina Bokova

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News UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France - 22nd June 2015


On 22nd June 2015, Ms Irina Bokova, Director General of UNESCO, kindly took a few minutes from her busy schedule to have a conversation with Ms France Marquet, Trustee, South Asia Foundation & Madanjeet Singh Foundation regarding the substantive progress made by the nine UNESCO Madanjeet Singh Institutions of Excellence in the SAARC countries dealing with Science and Culture. The Director General highlighted the laudable and commendable work these Institutions were doing in the Region.

Emphases was put on the fruitful interaction between the Foundation and the UNESCO Field Director based in New Delhi, Mr Shigeru Aoyagi, who was invited to attend the inauguration of our latest Institutes in Sri Lanka, India and Bhutan.