Jabir ibn Hayyan Medical University represented by its president Prof.Dr. Ali AlShammari states the support for the candidacy of Dr.Salih Alhasnawi for the position of general director of UNESCO .

BACKGROUND INFORMATION:

·       Dr . Saleh Alhasnawi is the previous minister of Health and current member in Iraqi  parliament  .

·       The first scientific Iraqi figure who has been nominated for this position.

·       The first Iraqi and Arabic figure who has been awarded the honorary Presidential Medal of Royal college of Britain for his distinguished role in developing the field of mental  health in Iraq and Arabic world.

·       He is the first Iraqi and Arabic figure who has been awarded  Shanghai Global  Prize for Rising World Leaders, which has been granted to the world leaders such as Bil Klinton and the King of Jordon Abdulla ibn Alhussein.