Restarting the UN Secretary-General Race

The US should insist on a proven manager with the independence to confront entrenched UN interests, the discipline to end failed programs, and the judgment to hold the UN to neutral application of its principles rather than advancing politicized agendas. Familiarity with the system is useful; a career spent accommodating its failures is no qualification to lead it. The next secretary-general should be chosen for a demonstrated willingness to change the institution—not an ability to tell each veto holder what it wants to hear. The post Restarting the UN Secretary-General Race appeared first on