US EditionTwo Women Among Four Candidates in Race to Become Next UN Secretary‑General
Four nominees, including two women, will face interactive dialogues as campaigners press the United Nations to choose its first female chief.
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The Race Is On: Who Will Be the Next UN Secretary General?
UN lobby with images of former UN secretaries-generals. Credit: United Nations With the deadline for candidates’ nominations now passed, four names are officially in the frame. Prof. Felix Dodds and Chris Spence size up the candidates. By Felix Dodds and Chris SpenceAPEX, North Carolina / SAN FRANCISCO, California, Apr 8 2026 (IPS) Let the race begin! April 1st was the deadline for candidates to be nominated for Secretary-General. Was it a co…
Two women among four candidates in race to become next UN Secretary‑General
The selection process for the next Secretary‑General of the United Nations has begun, with four nominees taking part in interactive dialogues later this month. The sessions are scheduled to be held at UN Headquarters on April 21 and 22. Current UN Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres will finish his second term in December 2026. Guterres, a former Prime Minister of Portugal and once the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, took office in…
The Secretary-General is the last individual voice, with a universal mandate, to demand that power be subject to the rule of law. If that voice were to be silent, it would not have been the right that would have been lacking in the world, but the States that would have failed to do so.
UNGA schedules 2 days of interactive dialogues with secretary-general candidates
The UN General Assembly (UNGA) has scheduled two days of interactive dialogues with candidates for the position of the next UN secretary-general, according to the UN website on Monday, reported Xinhua. In a letter to all UN member states, UNGA President Annalena Baerbock outlined the schedule of interactive dialogues with the candidates, which will be held on April 21 and 22 with a three-hour session for each candidate. To date, four candidates …
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