President Thomson renewed the commitment President Lykketoft made to run his?Presidency in the most open and transparent manner possible. This also applies to the process of selecting and appointing the next United Nations Secretary-General.
The position of Secretary-General is one of great importance that requires the highest standards of efficiency, competence and integrity, and a firm commitment to the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. The President of the General Assembly and of the Security Council invite candidates to be presented with proven leadership and managerial abilities, extensive experience in international relations, and strong diplomatic, communication and multilingual skills.
Member States are invited to present candidates in a letter to the President of the General Assembly and the President of the Security Council.
The Presidents of the General Assembly and of the Security Council will jointly circulate to all Member States, on an ongoing basis, and publish on this webpage, the names of individuals that have been submitted for consideration.
APPOINTED NEXT SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS (JANUARY 2017 – DECEMBER 2021)
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More information on the process?
Candidates
The letters submitted by Member States following the procedure laid out in the joint letter of 15 December 2015 for presenting candidates for the position of the next United Nations Secretary-General will be published below.
30 December 2015
Former?Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
14 January 2016 [Withdrawn]
Republic of Croatia?
15 January 2016 [Withdrawn]
Montenegro
9 February 2016
![Dr. Danilo Türk [Slovenia]](http://www.un.org/pga/70/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/561333-e1455124653957.jpg)
Slovenia
11 February 2016
![Ms. Irina Bokova [Bulgaria]](http://www.un.org/pga/70/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/80306605-e1455215368182.jpg)
Bulgaria
19 February 2016
![Ms. Natalia Gherman [Moldova]](http://www.un.org/pga/70/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/gherman-e1460038731759.png)
Republic of Moldova
29 February 2016 [Next Secretary-General-designate]
![Mr. António Guterres [Portugal]](http://www.un.org/pga/70/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/658433-e1456861880321.jpg)
Portugal
4 April 2016
![Ms. Helen Clark [New Zealand]](http://www.un.org/pga/70/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/Helen-Clark-headshot-e1460156274406.jpg)
New Zealand
12 April 2016
![Mr. Vuk Jeremi? [Serbia]](http://www.un.org/pga/70/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2016/01/559639-e1460497675403.jpg)
Republic of Serbia
23 May?2016
Argentina
27 May?2016
Slovak Republic
7 July?2016?[Withdrawn]
Costa Rica
29 September 2016
Bulgaria
As part of a more open, transparent and inclusive selection and appointment process, UN-NGLS facilitated a that could be asked of UN Secretary-General candidates during UN General Assembly dialogues with the candidates.?The first round of dialogues with nine candidates took place 12 – 14 April 2016. The second round of dialogues with two additional candidates took?place on 7 June. A Global Townhall with ten candidates took place on 12 July in UN General Assembly Hall, broadcast live on UN WebTV by Al Jazeera media. A third round of UN General Assembly dialogues with one new candidate took place on 14 July, and a fourth with one final new candidate on 3 October.
UN-NGLS convened a civil society Committee through an application process to review all questions submitted and create short-lists for the Office of the President of the General Assembly to select from for inclusion in the General Assembly dialogues.
Civil Society Committee Members
Civil Society Committee Members
Joannes Paulus Yimbesalu – A World at School – Cameroon
Kate Lappin – Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) – Australia
Kashmiri Stec – AYUDH – Poland
Parsu Ram Rai – Blue Diamond Society – Nepal
Sabine Saliba – Child Rights International Network – Lebanon
Olumide Idowu – Climate Wednesday – Nigeria
Melina Lito – Equality Now? – Albania
Volker Lehmann – Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung – NY / Germany
Leonardo Párraga – Fundación BogotArt – Colombia
Mohammad Hassan??? Mashori – Fundamental Human Rights & Rural Development Association FHRRDA – Pakistan
Peter van Tuijl – Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict (GPPAC)??? Netherlands
Mark Ross – Global Youth Movement – Guyana? – Guyana
Angela Muthama – Human Rights and Information Forum? – Kenya
Ben Homer – Innovation & Planning Agency – Austria / USA
Sandra Creamer – International Indigenous Womens Forum – Australia
Eleanor Openshaw – International Service for Human Rights (ISHR) – UK
Pefi Kingi – PACIFICWIN – New Zealand
Federica D’Alessandra – Public International Law & Policy Group??? Italy
Hugh Dugan – Seton Hall University, School of Diplomacy, Center for UN and Global Governance Studies – USA
Kirthi Jayakumar – The Red Elephant Foundation – India
Eleanor Blomstrom – Women’s Environment and Development Organization – USA INGO
Ritah Muyambo – World YWCA – Zimbabwe
Civil society was?invited to?contribute questions via Twitter or Instagram using #UNSGcandidates, or send them in via an online form using the link above.?More than 1500 questions were submitted from over 100 countries Two to three questions from civil society were asked via video during each UN General Assembly dialogue with a candidate, and two were asked in person during the Global Townhall.
Additionally all candidates are asked to answer the same 10 selected civil society questions, which can be found here:?
All videos on next Secretary-General selection process:
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All photos of Global Townhall Event
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