The World - News from April 17, 1985

The deputy director general of UNESCO, Gerard Bolla, resigned, citing a disagreement with Amadou Mahtar M’Bow, the agency’s director general, over the length of his expiring contract. Bolla said his resignation had nothing to do with changes made by M’Bow to a report Bolla submitted on administrative reforms proposed by member states of the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Bolla said he had wanted to stay on until after next month’s meeting of the UNESCO executive board but that M’Bow would only extend his contract until the end of April.