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The results are in from our recent informal readers’ survey on who should be the next UN secretary-general for the five-year term starting in 2027. The voting is as follows: Michelle Bachelet of Chile finished with a commanding victory, taking …
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The five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council — Britain, China, France, United States and Russia — may be deadlocked on many global issues, but they put aside their differences to preserve their primary influence over the selection …
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HAPPY JULY 4TH to all our readers across the world! The PassBlue team is celebrating Independence Day in the USA, but we never stop forgetting that our work is to push for transparency and accountability of governments and officials everywhere: …
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has quietly promoted a fellow Portuguese staffer to the rank of assistant secretary-general as other UN personnel, especially junior and midlevel workers with weak contracts, face uncertainty about their jobs and future in the organization. …
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