Miroslav Lajcak
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 13, 2017
António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, said the top two problems he would highlight the most at the opening session of the General Assembly next week were Myanmar’s rapidly unfolding humanitarian disaster and North Korea’s nuclear-weapons provocations….
- Categories: Secretary-General
- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 26, 2016
António Guterres, a former prime minister of Portugal who most recently was the United Nations high commissioner for refugees, once more dominated the latest straw poll held by the UN Security Council on selecting the next secretary-general. The five-year…
- Categories: Secretary-General
- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • September 9, 2016
The latest Security Council straw poll pointing to the selection of the next secretary-general of the United Nations happened on Sept. 9, with the results leaving António Guterres of Portugal still the front-runner ever since the informal, anonymous balloting…
- Categories: Secretary-General, Security Council, US-UN Relations, Women
- Lori Silberman Brauner
- • August 5, 2016
With 11 candidates left in the race this year for United Nations secretary-general, the Security Council held its second straw poll on Aug. 5, showing a slight shift in levels of support by the council’s 15 members, but placing…
- Categories: Secretary-General
- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • July 14, 2016
When it comes to the United Nations, the word “debate” takes on a civilized bearing, with no relation to heated contests among many sides. Over two nights this week at different settings in New York, UN secretary-general candidates campaigning…
- Categories: Secretary-General
- Barbara Crossette
- • June 7, 2016
The field of nine candidates campaigning formally to become the next United Nations secretary-general grew by two on June 7, when Miroslav Lajcak, Slovakia’s foreign minister, and Susana Malcorra, who holds the same position in Argentina, spoke in public…
- Categories: Secretary-General
- Barbara Crossette
- • June 1, 2016
The second crop of campaigners making a pitch to replace Ban Ki-moon in January is now being assembled, and it looks like the first declared candidate on the list may well shake up the race. She is Susana Malcorra,…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, Security Council, Women
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