New York, 2 October 2006 – The Permanent Representative of China, Ambassador Wang, this afternoon told reporters that Ban Ki-Moon was the candidate that the Security Council would recommend to the General Assembly.  He said that the outcome of today’s straw poll was “quite clear” to that […]

New York, 29 September 2006 – The Security Council informally registered opinions on the seven candidates for UN Secretary-General yesterday. It was the third straw poll the Council has held since beginning the selection process in July. Like the previous two, yesterday’s poll contained a significant degree of uncertainty because the opinions of […]

New York, 28 September 2006 – BBC World Service assembled four candidates for UN Secretary-General in a radio debate aired yesterday. Ashraf Ghani, Jayantha Dhanapala, Shashi Tharoor, and Vaira Vike-Freiberga discussed their views on UN reform, current global conflicts, and the process of Secretary-General selection. Ban Ki-Moon did not respond to phone calls […]

New York, 27 September 2006 – The Security Council decided this afternoon on the format of the next two informal straw polls of Secretary-General candidates. The next poll – to be held Thursday, 28 September, at 4 pm – will not differentiate the ballots of permanent members from those of non-permanent members.
Permanent […]

New York, 22 September 2006 – The candidacy of Surakiart Sathirathai, deputy prime minister of Thailand, was brought into question this week by the overthrow of his government on Tuesday. General Sondhi Boonyaratkalin, head of the group that took control of the government, announced that he continues to […]

New York, 19 September 2006 – Although Ashraf Ghani of Afghanistan told the Financial Times that he was a candidate for Secretary-General and it would be announced formally yesterday, the Afghan mission, Security Council President’s office, and Greek mission (which holds the Council presidency this […]

New York, 18 September 2006 – Two new candidates have entered the UN Secretary-General selection process since the 14 September straw poll in the Security Council. Vaike Vike-Freiberga, the President of Latvia, was nominated jointly by three countries – Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania – […]

New York, 14 September 2006 –
Results of Second Straw Poll
Flouting the “closed-door” tradition of SG selection meetings, two members of the UN Security Council told reporters the results of Thursday’s straw poll. The ambassadors of Argentina and China (Cesar Mayoral and Wang Guangya, respectively) said after the meeting that Ban Ki Moon had […]

New York, 13 September 2006 – The Security Council will hold a meeting at 10 am Thursday, 14 September, to conduct its second straw poll on candidates for Secretary-General. As in July’s straw poll, the results will not be “color-coded” and thus will not reveal the permanent members’ votes. […]

New York, 7 September 2006 –
A. New Candidate Nominated
Jordan has nominated its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Prince Zeid Ra’ad Zeid Al-Hussein, for Secretary-General. The Mission of Jordan confirmed that it submitted its nomination to the President of the Security […]