UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization is charged with promoting intellectual collaboration between its 195 member states. But last year, the U.S. government pulled its funding — amounting to more than 20 percent of UNESCO’s budget — after the agency admitted Palestine to full membership. We talk with Irina Bokova, who has served as UNESCO’s director-general since 2009, about the organization’s work.