(has expressed interest in the position)
Country: Poland
Areas of Expertise:

Current Positions:

Outgoing President of Poland (end of second term 31, December 2005)

Education:

Studied transport economics and foreign trade at the University of GdaEsk between 1973-77 (he did not graduate)

Past Positions:

Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the Constitutional Committee of the National Assembly (1993-1995)

General Information:

Co-author of […]

(official candidate – nominated by home government)
Country: South Korea
Areas of Expertise:
Current Positions:

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade (2004-present)

Education:

M.A. in Public Administration, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
B.A. in International Relations, Seoul National University

Past Positions:

Presidential Advisor for Foreign Affairs (2003-04)
Ambassador to the United Nations (Chef de Cabinet of the […]

NEW Tharoor’s Responses to Candidate Questionnaire (27 August 2006)

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(Candidacy withdrawn in a statement on 2 October)
Country: India
Areas of Expertise: peacekeeping, refugees
Current Positions:

Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information,
Head of Department of Public Information (since 2001)
United Nations Coordinator for […]

NEW Dhanapala’s Responses to Candidate Questionnaire (21 August 2006)
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(Candidacy withdrawn by government of Sri Lanka on 28 September)
Country: Sri Lanka
Areas of Expertise: Disarmament
Current Positions:

Secretary-General of the Secretariat for the Coordinating of the Peace Process in Sri Lanka […]

Surakiart Sathirathai
(official candidate b