Source: UN News: Wednesday, 19 November 2025 00:01 AM
The first step has been taken in the race to elect the next UN chief. The Security Council held its annual discussion on Friday in which, among other processes, the foundation stone for the process to begin for the election of a new Secretary General in the year 2026 has also been laid. anyway UN Secretary General The appointment of the Secretary General is done by the most representative body – the UN General Assembly, but it does this work on the recommendation of the 15-member Security Council. So the question is, where does the process of electing the Secretary General begin and where does it end. We will continue to provide the latest information available about this from time to time. For now, after Friday’s meeting of the Security Council, the governments of the countries will submit letters regarding the names of their candidates to the Security Council. The post of the head of this world organization is traditionally chosen according to geographical representation. It is also interesting that till now all the heads have been men and there has been a lot of discussion about a woman being elected to this post. Danish Ambassador Christina Marcus Lassen says, “As the year 2025 is moving towards its end, the Security Council is increasing its focus on one of its biggest responsibilities. This responsibility is the election of the next Secretary General.” Ambassador Christina Marcus Lassen, drafting and Co-chairs an informal working group on other procedural questions. Ambassador Christina says that in the coming months, the Security Council will discuss issues such as how the election will be voted on, how candidates will be contacted and how countries will be informed about progress and results. UN Photo/Manuel Elias Invitation to Names of Candidates Russia’s Ambassador Vasily Nebenzia, who presides over the Security Council in October, says that his country, together with the General Assembly, began work with particular urgency to agree on the draft of a joint invitation letter. This letter will be sent to member states inviting them to send the names of their candidates. “We are confident that this letter will be adopted very soon,” the Russian ambassador said. “We are confident that the efforts of the Security Council will be helpful in selecting the most suitable candidate for the post of the next head of the Secretariat.” The tenure of the current UN chief Antonio Guterres will end in December 2027, after which the next Secretary-General will begin his five-year term in the 80-year history of the United Nations. Are. Delegates have advocated for an open, representative and gender-inclusive process of election to the post of UN Secretary-General. Opportunities for a woman UN Photo/Loey Felipe Delegates say that after 80 years, the time has come for a woman to take charge of this world organization, a woman who, through her leadership and vision for the future, can give the world organization the credibility it needs to meet the challenges of our time. There has also been talk of respecting the principle of opportunity for regional representation, and this time attention has also been drawn towards the turn of Latin America and the Caribbean region getting representation. In this meeting about the functioning of the Security Council, more than 40 countries participated. Lauren Sievers, former head of the office that supports the conduct of the daily work of the Security Council, says that in the last year there has been a lot of change in how Security Council meetings are conducted. Lauren Sievers says that it is natural that people pay special attention primarily to statements made in the Security Council, and voting on draft resolutions. “But when Council members and non-member countries show deep differences on various issues, the credibility of the Security Council, and of the United Nations at large, can rise or fall on the basis that “How organized are the council meetings and how professionally conducted are they.”