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Nature 401, 833-834 (28 October 1999) | doi:10.1038/44647
Japan wins bid for top Unesco post
David Dickson & Peter Pockley
Koichiro Matsuura, Japan's ambassador to France, is expected to be officially appointed next month as the new director-general of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (Unesco).This follows his nomination last week by the UN agency's executive board, after Matsuura obtained 34 of the 58 votes in the third round of voting, a wide lead over his two closest rivals, Ghazi Algosaibi of Saudi Arabia and Ismail Serageldin of Egypt, a vice-president of the World Bank.
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