Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has affirmed his country's commitment to the African Union's decision to support Egypt's candidate Moushira Khattab for the post of director-general of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). In Cairo, Egypt's President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi announced his support for the nomination of Ambassador Khattab to head UNESCO. The President, in his blog post on the social networking "Twitter" site on Saturday, asked all Egyptians to support her. He used the hash tag #Khattab4UNESCO .