{"id":121700,"date":"2017-09-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-12T21:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/romania-holds-the-position-of-vice-president-within-the-world-tourism-organization\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T12:35:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T10:35:41","slug":"romania-holds-the-position-of-vice-president-within-the-world-tourism-organization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/romania-holds-the-position-of-vice-president-within-the-world-tourism-organization\/","title":{"rendered":"Romania holds the position of vice president within the World Tourism Organization"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Starting September 13, Romania holds the position of vice president at the World Tourism Organization, announced Prime Minister Mihai Tudose during the Government meeting.<\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div>Within the Regional Commission for Europe, several countries ran for 5 positions in the Executive Council. Romania obtained 22 votes in its favor, more than half of the votes cast.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The other countries that secured a seat in the UNWTO governing body are Lithuania \u2013 27 votes, Greece \u2013 25 votes, Russia \u2013 22 votes, Azerbaijan &#8211; 20 votes.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization, consisting of 33 member states, is the governing structure that coordinates the organization&#8217;s activity between General Assembly sessions and ensures the fulfillment of the organization&#8217;s activities.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>UNWTO is the United Nations agency that coordinates international promotion regarding responsible, sustainable, and accessible tourism.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Currently, UNWTO has 156 full member states.<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.capital.ro\" data-wplink-url-error=\"true\">Capital<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Frequently Asked Questions<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What is Romania&#8217;s new role in the UNWTO?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Romania holds the position of Vice President and is a member of the Executive Council of the World Tourism Organization.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How many votes did Romania receive for this position?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Romania obtained 22 votes within the Regional Commission for Europe, securing its place in the governing body.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is the purpose of the UNWTO Executive Council?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Executive Council, consisting of 33 member states, coordinates the organization&#8217;s activities between General Assembly sessions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting September 13, Romania holds the position of vice president at the World Tourism Organization, announced Prime Minister Mihai Tudose during the Government meeting. &nbsp; Within the Regional Commission for Europe, several countries ran for 5 positions in the Executive Council. Romania obtained 22 votes in its favor, more than half of the votes cast.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":66862,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2859],"tags":[],"thb-sponsors":[],"class_list":["post-121700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-stirea-editiei-en"],"article_style_override":"","post-style":"","post_via":"","post-top-image":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/topstory.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121700","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=121700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/121700\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=121700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=121700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=121700"},{"taxonomy":"thb-sponsors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhn.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/thb-sponsors?post=121700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}