Anwarul K. Chowdhury

US Charges a Former UN General Assembly President: More Revelations Likely

• October 7, 2015

A luxury-loving diplomat susceptible to bribery, a clutch of rich Chinese with business interests and an open door to the top leadership of the United Nations General Assembly. It all adds up to not only a blow to the integrity of the UN but also a stark demonstration of the dysfunction of an international …

General Assembly, UN Diplomats

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Eastern Europe Presses Its Claim to the Secretary-General’s Office

Barbara Crossette

• April 13, 2015

In 70 years of United Nations history, Eastern Europe has been the only regional group in the organization that has never filled the position of secretary-general. Western Europe has had three secretaries-general; Asia and Africa, two each; and Latin America and the Caribbean, one. The 23 nations of the Eastern European region, determined to …