UNESCO Sets Up Fund to Cover Budget Shortfall

by Gary Kopycinski on November 11, 2011

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FRANCE–(ENEWSPF)–10 November 2011. The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) said today the agency will temporarily halt some activities owing to the $65 million budget shortfall resulting from the United States’ decision to withhold its dues, and launched a new online tool to enable donors to help offset the loss.