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A Newsletter Tracking Senior UN Appointments
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That the next Secretary General of the United Nations must be a woman should be indisputable 8212 after almost 80 years of men occupying the UN 8217 s top job without interruption it 8217 s long overdue Encouragingly political momentum …
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Diplomats are wading through 250 pages of member states 8217 suggestions on what should be included in the United Nations 8217 grandly named 8220 Pact for the Future 8221 the outcome document of the world body 8217 s equally grandly …
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As we went to press in our final newsletter of 2023 Azerbaijan was appointed host of the 2024 UN Climate Summit as part of a deal that may have been made to help bring some peace to the region Moreover …
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Welcome to the November edition of the Blue Smoke newsletter part of our continuing project to shine a light on appointments and elections at the UN Much is asked of UN officials and none more so than the many thousands …
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Sounding the Alarm Welcome to the October edition of the Blue Smoke newsletter part of our project to shine a light on appointments and elections at the UN We 8217 re back from a brief summer hiatus recharged and raring …
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P5 Frenemies Welcome to the July issue of Blue Smoke the monthly newsletter shining a spotlight on senior appointments at the United Nations Blue Smoke has spent the last couple of months following the biennial General Assembly resolution which guides …
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The Colour Line Welcome to the June issue of Blue Smoke the monthly newsletter shining a spotlight on senior appointments at the United Nations Spend too long staring into the abyss that is the United Nations 8217 senior appointment system …
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A Matter of Time Welcome to the May issue of Blue Smoke the monthly newsletter shining a spotlight on senior appointments at the United Nations We talk a lot about timing at Blue Smoke because the calibre of leaders that …
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Unmerited Where Does It stop Welcome to the April issue of Blue Smoke a new monthly newsletter shining a spotlight on senior appointments at the United Nations We all know that top UN jobs are frequently awarded as political favours …
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It s confidential Welcome to the second March issue of Blue Smoke a new monthly newsletter shining a spotlight on senior appointments at the United Nations When will the most senior leadership positions at the UN next be contested …
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Blue Smoke is an initiative led by the United Nations Association – UK, Plataforma CIPÓ and a consultant at Strategy for Humanity to promote greater accountability and transparency within the United Nations, especially with regards to elections and appointments to senior positions within the organisation.
The Blue Smoke project conducts research, advocacy and communications activities to achieve its goal of ensuring that appointments to senior roles at the UN are inclusive, democratic, merit-based, transparent, and subject to scrutiny. This is essential for the credibility and effectiveness of UN leaders, and by extension, the UN.
Blue Smoke also calls attention to the inequalities that persist across leadership positions to ensure that qualified candidates are not excluded from consideration based on nationality, gender, or race.
The Blue Smoke newsletter is a joint project coordinated by the Blue Smoke project and delivered in media partnership with PassBlue
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