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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • October 20, 2016
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Wonder Woman is not so wonderful in the eyes of hundreds of United Nations staff members around the world. Earlier this week, a petition began circulating among personnel to ask their boss, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, to rescind the choice…
- Categories: Gender Violence, SDGs, Women
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- Dulcie Leimbach
- • September 26, 2016
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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
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • September 9, 2016
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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
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- Lori Silberman Brauner
- • August 5, 2016
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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
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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • July 14, 2016
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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
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- Barbara Crossette
- • July 6, 2016
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In a year when people who follow the United Nations are focusing on the election of the next secretary-general, the center of early action in that election has moved for the first time in history from the secretive deliberations…
- Categories: General Assembly, Secretary-General, UN Diplomats
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- Opinion by Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • June 20, 2016
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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: OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 7, 2016
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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
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- Barbara Crossette
- • June 1, 2016
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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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- Laura E. Kirkpatrick
- • April 19, 2016
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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
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- Barbara Crossette
- • April 17, 2016
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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
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- Opinion by Richard Gowan
- • April 4, 2013
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Last week, former British Foreign Secretary David Miliband announced plans to move to New York to head the International Rescue Committee, a leading humanitarian organization. In his new position, Miliband is likely to be a powerful voice in debates…
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
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- Barbara Crossette
- • September 21, 2012
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President Barack Obama, criticized in an intense election campaign for not being tough enough with the rest of the world, is expected to tell fellow leaders next week why his administration thinks that cooperative action, not bluster or the…
- Categories: General Assembly, US-UN Relations
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