IAEA Contest Follows Amano’s Sudden Passing
The announced retirement in July of International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Yukiya Amano for unspecified medical reasons, followed shortly by the revelation of his
2nd Term for UNHCR António Guterres
Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon re-nominated UN High Commissioner António Guterres today to a second 5-year
Brazil’s Pinheiro, three new names, on the ASGHR short-list?
Update, 30 March: The list of candidates has been confirmed by staff at UNElections.org today.
It’s official: Ban appoints Tony Lake to head UNICEF
As noted in an earlier post, the U.S. government formally nominated Tony Lake to succeed
The gossip about Lula’s run for Secretary-General
Andres Oppenheimer of the Miami Herald has caused a bit of stir this week with
Human Rights ASG Appointment turns into a Race
No real surprise, but the selection of the new Assistant Secretary General for Human Rights
Lake to head up UNICEF
Turtle Bay – the new UN-focused blog by Washington Post reporter Colum Lynch – confirmed
Is Ban Ki-Moon still a ‘one term SG’?
My foray into policy blogging began with UNSG.org, where I covered the 2006 campaigns and
New Assistant SG for Human Rights post
Update 2 (3 March): Ambassador Heraldo Muñoz, Permanent Representative of Chile to the UN, is
UN High Commissioner for Refugees
Update, 20 April 2010: Guterres nominated for 2nd 5-year term. A significant multilateral post to
Welcome
Welcome to Global Memo, a new blog from the publisher of UNSG.org. As with its