UNESCO Director Amadou Mathar M’Bow expressed his satisfaction at Israel’s inclusion into a UNESCO regional group. Speaking at a press conference Tuesday, he stressed that all member countries “have the right to enjoy all privileges.” He also stressed that the UNESCO General Conference which approved at its Nairobi meeting Israel’s inclusion into the European group did so without a nominal vote and on the basis of a broad consensus. M’Bow added, the UN has a right to intervene in Jerusalem archaeological digs since “the site is not in Israeli territory.”
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