Helen Clark
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • February 1, 2016
The only official female candidate in the competition so far to become the next United Nations secretary-general may already be in flux. Just a few weeks have passed since the Croatian government sent a letter to the UN nominating…
- Categories: Secretary-General
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 16, 2015
Only weeks before John Ashe, the former president of the United Nations General Assembly, was arrested for tax fraud amid a bribery scandal uncovered by the United States government, Ashe was tapped to potentially take an important job in…
- Categories: General Assembly, SDGs
- 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…
- Categories: Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations, Women
- Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss
- • June 10, 2014
GENEVA — For those with longer memories, the latest dip in resources for the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the staff cutbacks and restructuring announced by its administrator, Helen Clark, in May are merely the onset of another…
- Categories: WORLDVIEWS
- A. Edward Elmendorf
- • January 19, 2014
Jan Eliasson has been the deputy secretary-general of the United Nations since July 2012, the second in command after Ban Ki-moon. Eliasson, 73, is a former Swedish foreign minister and was ambassador to the United States twice, among other…
- Categories: Development, Peace and Security
- Stephen Browne and Craig N. Murphy
- • August 22, 2013
Constant reform has characterized the United Nations Development Program throughout its existence, say the authors of two recent books on the agency. Change bespeaks an organization ready to adapt but also fundamentally uncertain about its proper role. It teeters…
- Categories: Development, UN Agencies
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • June 29, 2013
After several months of public speculation at the United Nations, two candidates are now in tight contention for the executive director post of UN Women, the main agency tasked with promoting the treatment and rights of women worldwide since…
- Categories: Africa, Secretary-General, Women
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