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September 30, 2006

Who will be the next UN Secretary General?

Topics: United Nations Incompetence

On December 31st, the time of Koffi Annan as UN Secretary General will be over, and probably will always be remembered because of the scandal of Oil-for-Food and his opposition to Iraqi war.
HIs successor will have to deal with a lot of difficult matters. The first will be, without doubt, the reform of UN, from the Security Council, where some new permanent members will be appointed [probably Japan or India], to the supervision of the UN Budget. But there will be some other difficult issues such as the implementation of democracy and Human Rights, and the determination of the responsibility of UN troops in international missions.
There are some names already considered to the job. But among others there is one name that looks like is going to obtain the job: the South Korean, Ban Ki Moon, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, who has been aided [in the form of lucratious trade agreement with Europe and help to under-developed countries, by South Korea in his quest to obtain the job [according to The Times], help denied by his country. Another one of the candidates is the Jordanian Prince, Zeid Raab Zeid Al Hussein, ambassador of Jordan to the UN, Muslim, and now running on the 4th place. The Indian candidate, Shashi Tharoor, a senior Indian UN diplomat, is also very well positioned to be the UN new Secretary General.
The Washington Post is holding a discussion on this issue on Global Post, where some journalists have given their opinions.

Posted by Eurabian at September 30, 2006 7:22 PM

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