Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Calls for Palestine`s Accession to UNESCO

Paris, September 16, SPA--The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has called on
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) to approve the request of Palestine to join the membership
of the Organization.
The Kingdom's call came in a speech of Saudi Deputy Minister of
Education and Member of Executive Board of UNESCO Faisal bin
Abdulrahman bin Muammar at the Board's 182nd session currently in
progress in Paris. The speech was read on his behalf by the Kingdom's
Permanent Representative to UNESCO, Dr. Ziad Al-Drees.
He noted that Palestine's request has been on the agenda of the
Organization's Executive Board and General Conference for 20 years,
but nothing has been done in this regard.
--SPA