In Focus | Race for UN top job enters final stage: choice may ‘make or break’ bloc
A strong, visionary leader is needed as next secretary general as Iran war rages during one of most ‘unpredictable times geopolitically’.
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It is financially strapped, structurally flawed, infamously bureaucratic, reputationally damaged and riven with infighting.
So why would anyone want to take on the role of the next secretary general of the United Nations?
“I really think there should be some sort of psychiatric test for wanting this position,” said Richard Gowan, global issues and institutions director at the International Crisis Group (ICG). “The stakes are exceptionally high, and there is a strong sense around the UN that the next secretary general may make or break the organisation.”
The official start of the race to become the 10th UN chief in the organisation’s eight-decade history is under way, at an existential time for an organisation framed by noble ideals but dragged down by bickering and human failings.
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