Mark Malloch Brown

The UN Is Under Siege, So Where Is the Secretary-General?

September 18, 2018

Was it only two years ago that so many people were elated by the appointment of António Guterres as secretary-general of the United Nations? After public debates organized by the president of the General Assembly and informal ones by the 1-for-7-Billion “Find the Best UN Leader” coalition, he emerged as the top candidate in …

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Now Is the Time for a Female Secretary-General, Says a New Campaign [Video]

February 23, 2015

by Dulcie Leimbach

Convinced that after 70 years it is time to choose a woman for the United Nations’ top job of secretary-general, a new movement led by an academic spcialist on the organization has been assembled to formally support the election of a woman for the job. The current secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, a Korean, finishes his …

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The UN Development Program: A New Crisis or a New Opportunity?

June 10, 2014

by Stephen Browne and Thomas G. Weiss

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 cycle, just in time for the agency’s 50th anniversary but part of its history since …

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Jan Eliasson Explains His Role as No. 2 at the UN

January 19, 2014

by A. Edward Elmendorf

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 foreign postings. He was also president of the UN General Assembly and a key UN …