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An online magazine covering the race to replace Ban Ki-moon as Secretary-General of the United Nations that focuses on the agenda and priorities for the next SG.
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Five Questions for the Next SG
Five Questions for the Next SG
The UN General Assembly is conducting job interviews. What should they be asking?
NYU CIC
4 days ago
U.N. Peace Operations Need Less Jargon and More Direction
U.N. Peace Operations Need Less Jargon and More Direction
Maybe it’s time for the semantic arguments to be replaced with a focus on results.
NYU CIC
Apr 5
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The Lost Agenda: Gender Parity in Senior UN Appointments
The Lost Agenda: Gender Parity in Senior UN Appointments
Can a female SG fix years of discrimination?
NYU CIC
Mar 30
At the U.N., Only Optimists Need Apply
At the U.N., Only Optimists Need Apply
Does the Next SG need to be a “zwangsoptimist”?
NYU CIC
Mar 30
Madam Secretary-General?
Madam Secretary-General?
Is insisting on both a woman and a feminist as the Next SG asking too much?
NYU CIC
Mar 30
Delivering the Global Goals
Delivering the Global Goals
The new Secretary-General has 17 goals and 169 targets to deliver.
NYU CIC
Sep 24, 2015
Becoming SG, Explained
Becoming SG, Explained
Our idiot’s guide to a confusing and opaque process.
NYU CIC
Sep 24, 2015
In The Corridors
In The Corridors
What’s the word on whether the UN is serious about picking a woman as Secretary-General.
NYU CIC
Sep 24, 2015
Becoming UN Secretary-General — lessons from the past
Becoming UN Secretary-General — lessons from the past
What history tells us about how 9 men got, kept and sometimes lost the UN’s top job.
David Steven
Sep 24, 2015
How to get the UN’s top job in 9 easy steps
How to get the UN’s top job in 9 easy steps
Be a nobody and take it from there…
David Steven
Sep 24, 2015
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