Ban Ki-moon wins UN Secretary-General Position
3 October, 2006
UNSG.org is reporting that, following today’s straw poll, South Korean Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon has emerged as the Security Council’s nominee for the UN Secretary-General position. With 14 encouraging votes and 1 ‘no opinion’, Moon will now almost certainly succeed Kofi Annan, who retires at the end of 2006.
Each of the five other remaining candidates received at least one discouraging vote from a permanent, veto-wielding member.
A formal, confirmation vote will be taken by the Security Council on Monday, 9th October.
For more information, see http://www.unsg.org/wordpress/archives/170.
