UN Affairs

General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft, briefs journalists following informal dialogues on 12-14 April with nine candidates for the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.
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The next UN Secretary-General: Assembly President says ‘new standard of transparency’ established

15 April 2016
Global

Three days of informal briefings came to an end yesterday, after nine candidates for the position of the next United Nations Secretary-General answered all together some 800 questions from the UN membership and the public on how, if selected, they would lead the world body.

UN Photo/John Isaac
UN Photo/John Isaac

The next UN Secretary-General: last day of informal briefings

14 April 2016
Global

The third and final session of informal briefings to hear the views of three more candidates for the position of the next United Nations Secretary-General is taking place at UN Headquarters in New York today, focusing on how they would tackle some of the world’s most urgent issues should they be selected to replace current UN chief Ban Ki-moon in January 2017.

The General Assembly holds informal dialogues with candidates for the position of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

The next UN Secretary-General: informal briefings continue

13 April 2016

Three more candidates for the position of the next United Nations Secretary-General will be heard today, answering questions on how they would promote sustainable development, improve efforts to create peace, protect human rights, and deal with huge humanitarian catastrophes should they be selected to lead the 193-member Organization.

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon bows to the General Assembly after his re-appointment in 2011 as the eighth Secretary-General (top). The first Secretary-General Trygve Lie speaks at the Palais des Nations in Geneva, 1950.
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Selecting a new UN Secretary-General: a job interview in front of the whole world

8 April 2016

The selection process for a new United Nations Secretary-General, traditionally decided behind closed-doors by a few powerful countries, will for the first time in history involve public discussions with each candidate campaigning for the world’s top diplomatic post.