The United Nations Security Council holding a meeting last month at the UN headquarters in New York. Greater transparency on the selection of secretary general is needed. Photo: Xinhua The United Nations Security Council holding a meeting last month at the UN headquarters in New York. Greater transparency on the selection of secretary general is needed. Photo: Xinhua
The United Nations Security Council holding a meeting last month at the UN headquarters in New York. Greater transparency on the selection of secretary general is needed. Photo: Xinhua
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UN reforms are vital – starting with the credible selection of its next secretary general

Lakhdar Brahimi and Mary Robinson say the election of a new secretary general is the perfect time to make the UN the more effective institution our times are calling for

Topic |   United Nations
Lakhdar Brahimi  and Mary Robinson

Updated: 2:54pm, 20 Jul, 2018

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The United Nations Security Council holding a meeting last month at the UN headquarters in New York. Greater transparency on the selection of secretary general is needed. Photo: Xinhua The United Nations Security Council holding a meeting last month at the UN headquarters in New York. Greater transparency on the selection of secretary general is needed. Photo: Xinhua
The United Nations Security Council holding a meeting last month at the UN headquarters in New York. Greater transparency on the selection of secretary general is needed. Photo: Xinhua
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