Poll of people working with or for United Nations increases pressure for female candidates – and for security council to loosen grip on selection processPressure is mounting for the election of the next head of the United Nations to be freed from the grip of a small group of powerful countries,with a survey showing that the majority of people working with or for the UN want an open race for the job.
The search for a successor to Ban Ki-moon, who steps down at the discontinuance of this year, and comes amid warnings that the UN is in danger of fitting marginalised unless the sprawling institution is reformed.
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Source: theguardian.com