Helen Clark the next head of the UN?

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If Prime Minister Helen Clark could avoid an American veto of her nomination she would be a serious possibility for United Nations secretary-general, Green MP and former UN employee Sue Kedgley says.

Ms Kedgley, who worked for five years during the 1970s in the women's secretariat at the UN's New York headquarters, said the organisation was "well overdue" for a woman at the top.

Ms Kedgley has described the present secretary-general, Kofi Annan, as an old friend from her days at the UN, when she also organised international conferences.

Governor-General Dame Silvia Cartwright and the prime minister were among 18 qualified candidates put forward by international women's group Equality Now to follow Mr Annan, whose second term ends in December.

I think this is a case of wishfull thinking. Sue Kedgley and others seem to overlook the fact that Helen Clark would have to resign from office.
The next head of the UN should be appointed on merit not sex. A women or a man should only be appointed if they have the right quilifcations and experience.



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[edit on 7-1-2006 by UK Wizard]