Pakistan re-elected to UNESCO executive board

FO says Pakistan has honour of being only member of the Unesco executive board consecutively elected since 1978

Pakistan was re-elected on Thursday to the executive board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco).

"The Unesco vote is a firm endorsement of the positive contribution made by Pakistan in promoting greater intercultural understanding through scientific, educational and social linkages," the Foreign Office said in a statement.



“Pakistan has the singular honour of being a member of the Unesco Executive Board consecutively since 1978,” the statement added.

The statement said that Pakistan's re-election, reaffirms the homeland's commitment to build on these core ideals of Unesco to further strengthen this grand vision of human cooperation.

Further, the re-election reaffirms Pakistan's commitment to build on the core ideals of Unesco to further strengthen its human-centric vision of cooperation, the statement added.

Since 2013, Pakistan has won 21 elections out of 22 that it contested.



Pakistan last month had lost its bid for re-election to the 47-member United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) after serving three terms. Pakistan got 105 votes in the 193-member General Assembly and could not get re-elected. It was the first time that Pakistan lost a major election at the UN.