- Friday, 10 September, is an official holiday at UN Headquarters. UN Offices in New York will not be open.
- Yesterday, ECOSOC adopted a oral decision to elect 41-member Board for UN Women by early November. Consultations on the process will continue next week.
- David Bosco reflects on the competition between national governments and multinational organizations in attracting qualified and talented officials.
- Colum Lynch updates his earlier post on the “intoxicated rant” by Under Secretary General for Economic and Social Affairs Sha Zukang. A UN-based diplomat suggests to Lynch that Sha won’t be fired, but likely “will serve out the final year of his term as Ban’s undersecretary” before stepping down or being recalled by Beijing.
- “There are a number of judges who really shouldn’t be there [on the International Criminal Court],” says Bill Pace, with the Coalition for the International Criminal Court.
- Fight over European seats on the IMF Board continues, with the Netherlands-led delegation (which also represents Ukraine and Romania) insisting on being “properly represented.”
