UNESCO's chief says the organization is stopping all cooperation with Libya's government and suspending a partnership with a charity group headed by Moammar Gadhafi's son.
The Paris-based United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization says director-general Irina Bokova took the measures after recent U.N. actions critical of Libya's human rights record.
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Friday, March 04, 2011
UNESCO suspends cooperation with Libya
Source: The Associated Press via the Washington Post.
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