Ben Donaldson
Ben Donaldson is a UK-based adviser to the 1 for 8 Billion campaign.
Soon, the United Nations Security Council will begin meeting with candidates vying to be the next UN secretary-general. The world will follow along as the 15-member Council starts holding private consultations in the coming days, releases occasional media statements and …
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Secretary-General Election 2026
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The 1 for 8 Billion nongovernmental organization has campaigned for financial transparency and declarations of conflicts of interest in the United Nations secretary-general selection process since the group’s launching in 2014. The need for financial disclosures from UN senior staff …
- Categories: Secretary-General, UN Secretary-General Election 2026
Counterterrorism at the United Nations has enjoyed a meteoric 700 percent increase in regular budget funding over the last three years. Now, as UN-wide austerity takes hold, and most UN entities need to prove their worth, increased scrutiny is coming …
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As the United Nations gears up to select its next leader for the 2027-2031 term, here are the key rules and conventions to guide the process. The basics of the process are outlined in the UN Charter, Article 97, which …
Bolivia’s delegation to the United Nations circulated a letter to fellow member states announcing the nomination of the country’s Vice President David Choquehuanca as a candidate to succeed AntĂ³nio Guterres as secretary-general of the UN. Guterres’s term finishes on Dec. …
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Secretary-General, Security Council
LONDON — A new United Nations high commissioner for human rights needs to be found, appointed by the General Assembly and be ready to begin work on Sept. 1. Anyone who meets the criteria set out in the UN’s official …
- Categories: General Assembly, Human Rights, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS
LONDON — This time five years ago, Mogens Lykketoft, the president of the United Nations General Assembly, was working with members of the Security Council to create the first open process to appoint the next secretary-general, after the adoption of …
- Categories: General Assembly, OPINIONS, Secretary-General
If United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo follows through with his threat to impose “the strongest sanctions in history” on Iran, the United States should be prepared for Iran to retaliate by withdrawing from the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation …
- Categories: Nuclear Disarmament, OPINIONS, US Foreign Relations
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