Former UNESCO's Director General, Japane

Former UNESCO's Director General, Japanese Koichiro Matsuura is seen on October 15, 2009 at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris, during the General Conference of the organization, involving all Member States. New UNESCO chief Irina Bokova of Bulgaria 57, Bulgarian ambassador to France as well as with UNESCO, became the first woman to head the UN agency responsible for implementing programs for education, to ensure the safeguarding of world heritage or act in favor of freedom of expression. AFP PHOTO FRED DUFOUR (Photo credit should read FRED DUFOUR/AFP via Getty Images)