Vesna Pusic
- 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
- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • June 20, 2016
The major contenders for one of the highest public offices in the world include the first possible female candidate for the position; a slightly aggressive (and that’s what his friends say about him) surprise candidate; and a socialist who’s…
- Categories: Secretary-General, WORLDVIEWS
- 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
- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • April 19, 2016
This is not your grandfather’s election cycle. Will this be the year a woman is elected to one of the highest political positions in the world? What’s up with the surprise candidate gaining unexpected momentum? Can any candidate truly…
- Categories: Secretary-General
- Barbara Crossette
- • April 17, 2016
It was a week unprecedented in the history of the United Nations. From April 12 to 14, nine candidates for the office of secretary-general were put on a public stage in front of the world to make their cases…
- Categories: Secretary-General
- 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
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