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Unesco veteran Matoko pitches reform agenda ahead of leadership vote

Firmin Edouard Matoko in Paris on 26 September 2025. © AFP - JULIEN DE ROSA

The UN's scientific and cultural agency, Unesco, faces criticism for being slow, politicised and short of funds. As it prepares to choose a successor to its French director general, Audrey Azoulay, on Monday, Congolese veteran Firmin Édouard Matoko tells RFI that his three decades inside the organisation are an asset – not a liability – in fixing it.

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