العالم المصري ماجد الشرب يني يفوز بجائزة اليونسكو للعلوم ومقدارها مائة الف دولار لأبحاثه في الفاكسينات

 
Unesco on Tuesday awarded a prize for research in the life sciences that drew controversy because it was financed by the dictator of Equatorial Guinea, a tiny, repressive and impoverished state. The award was heavily criticized by Western countries and human-rights groups as a misuse of funds by Equatorial Guinea and a stain on the reputation of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. The director general of Unesco, Irina Bokova, who had opposed the prize, did not attend the ceremony, Unesco officials confirmed, citing protocol; because the president of Equatorial Guinea, Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, did not appear, Ms. Bokova sent her deputy. Western countries like the United States and France also refused to attend. The first winners, who received $100,000 apiece, were respected scientists: Maged Al-Sherbiny of Egypt, who studies vaccines; Felix Dapare Dakora of South Africa, who studies food scarcity; and Rossana Arroyo of Mexico, who studies parasitic diseases.