
Greece elected to UNESCO IOC Executive Board
Greece was elected on Wednesday to the Executive Board of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO for 2025-2027.
Greece was elected on Wednesday to the Executive Board of the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO for 2025-2027.
Citing Article 74, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution, Kaklamanis expressed confidence that all political parties, including the government, support the 151-seat majority. He suggested that no further consultation with the Parliament’s Scientific Council would be necessary to clarify the matter.
The ruling, which cannot be appealed, was welcomed by Greece’s center-right government. It reduces the number of MPs in the 300-seat Hellenic Parliament to 297 and lowers the threshold for an absolute majority from 151 to 149 votes. The decision is effective for the remainder of the current parliamentary term, ending in 2027.
The election took place on Wednesday during the 8th meeting of the Convention’s State Parties in Paris.
The newspaper titled its article “Trump Sets Sights on Greek Ports.”
A total of 26 countries will perform and compete for the win. These include the 10 that qualified from Semi-Final 1 (Cyprus was eliminated), the 10 that qualified from Semi-Final 2 – among them Greece – the Big Five (France, Germany, United Kingdom, Spain, and Italy), and the host country (Switzerland).