U.S., May 16 -- The official letter from the Government of the Republic of Georgia mandating UN-Tourism to withdraw Zurab Pololikashvili's candidacy for the next election as UN-Tourism Secretary General was received at UN-Tourism headquarters in Madrid on May 15.

The secretariat must now officially inform all member countries, specifically the voting Executive Council member countries. With Zurab still in charge, the secretariat is expected to act as slowly as possible.

Pololikashvili's Candidacy is undemocratic Georgia's Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze wisely confirmed that support for Pololikashvili's candidacy would be seen as "not particularly democratic."

He mentioned diplomatic pushback from partner countries as one of the facto...