Kim Won-soo

• June 8, 2017

BERLIN — It is a widely held view in political circles here that Germany has not been adequately represented in the United Nations, apart from its relatively frequent elected membership to the Security Council, which Germany has held five times and which last year announced its candidacy for a sixth term for 2019-2020. To be …

UN Agencies, WORLDVIEWS

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Recent Senior Appointments at the UN Show Stubborn Gender Gap

Dulcie Leimbach

• June 4, 2015

A roundup of new high-level appointments announced by the United Nations in the last three months runs the usual gamut from special envoys to new heads of agencies. These new senior appointments, made by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, show a continuing preponderance of men over women, with the latest roundup revealing a startling ratio of 18 …

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Angela Kane Is Leaving the UN in a Political Shuffle

Barbara Crossette

• March 2, 2015

Angela Kane, one of the United Nations’ most respected and experienced officials and the lead negotiator in 2014 in persuading Syria to give up its chemical weapons, has announced unexpectedly that she will be leaving the organization. She has been the UN’s High Representative for Disarmament since March 2012. Reports are circulating around the …

Disarmament, GOINGS-ON

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Jan Eliasson Named Deputy Secretary-General

Barbara Crossette

• March 4, 2012

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has chosen Jan Eliasson, a former Swedish foreign minister with years of experience as a key United Nations mediator and humanitarian relief director, to be his new deputy secretary-general. Eliasson, 71, was twice ambassador to the United States and is well known is Washington. He takes office on July 1. Eliasson’s …