U-Irina Bokova, owazalelwa eSofia (Bulgaria), ube nguMqondisi-Jikelele we-UNESCO kusukela ngo-2009 kuya ku-2017.
NjengoMqondisi-Jikelele we-UNESCO, u-Irina Bokova ubebambe iqhaza ekwemukelweni kwe-UN Agenda 2030 Yentuthuko Esimeme, ikakhulukazi “emfundweni edidiyelwe ebandakanyayo nelinganayo kanye nokufunda impilo yonke yabo bonke”, ekhuthaza indima ebalulekile yesiko nesayensi ekuthuthukisweni. , kanye nokuvikelwa kwefa lamasiko omhlaba.
Kusukela ngo-2013 kuya ku-2017 ube ngusihlalo Webhodi Lokweluleka Ngesayensi kanye noNobhala Jikelele we-UN, ephathiswe ukuthi ahlaziye futhi anikeze izincomo kusixhumanisi senqubomgomo yesayensi ngaphakathi kwe-Sustainable Development Agenda. Ubuye wabandakanyeka ekukhuthazeni ukwamukelwa yi-UN General ngonyaka wezi-2017 we-UN Ocean Science Decade for Sustainable Development (2021-2030).
Uthole ukuhlukaniswa kombuso emazweni angaphezu kuka-40 futhi unguDokotela honoris causa wamanyuvesi ahamba phambili emhlabeni wonke, njengeKing's College, Durham University kanye neNyuvesi yase-Edinburgh, UK, Paris-Saclay, France, Boston University, US, Catholic University of Milan, Italy, Tonji University, China, phakathi kwabanye.
Ngo-2016 u-Irina Bokova wayesohlwini lweForbes lwabesifazane abanethonya kakhulu.
Ngo-2020, wakhethwa njengeLungu Elihloniphekile Lamazwe Ngamazwe e-American Academy of Arts and Sciences kwathi ngo-2021 - Honorary. Fellow we-World Academy of Arts and Sciences (WAAS).
U-Irina Bokova ungusihlalo we-ISC Ikhomishini Yomhlaba Wonke Yezinjongo Zesayensi Yokusimama.
Ngo-2022, u-Irina Bokova waba umphathi we-ISC, ojoyina iphayona le-inthanethi u-Vinton G. Cerf, owayenguMongameli weRiphabhulikhi yase-Ireland uMary Robinson, kanye noMsunguli Womtapo Wezincwadi wase-Alexandria u-Ismail Serageldin, ukuze akhulumele izwi lomhlaba wonke lesayensi.
A Umphathi ku-ISC yisihloko esihlonishwayo esinikezwa labo abasekela isayensi njengento ewusizo emphakathini emhlabeni wonke, ngokunikela ngesikhathi sabo ukuze bathuthukise isayensi namandla ayo okuletha ulwazi olungazisa izimpendulo eziguquguqukayo zezombusazwe kanye nomphakathi obanzi ezinseleleni zanamuhla zomhlaba.
Isikweletu sezithombe: I-UNESCO/Nora Houguenade
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