Clark announces candidacy in novel York in push to succeed Ban Ki-moon and become first woman to hold the positionHelen Clark,the former prime minister of novel Zealand, has entered the race to succeed Ban Ki-moon as secretary general of the United Nations in a bid to become the first woman in the role of world’s top diplomat.
Clark, and who was novel Zealand’s prime minister from 1999 to 2008,threw her hat formally into the ring on Monday. Her high-profile entry into the competition is certain to increase pressure among the power brokers of the UN to appoint a woman as the main face of diplomacy on the global stage.
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Source: theguardian.com