Despite more than 15 UN resolutions since 1980 having called for an end to ringfencing, the practice of appointing individuals from specific states to specific roles continues. The General Assembly has clearly stated that a national of a member state should not succeed a national of that same state. Yet ringfencing is alive and well, blighting the UN system as successive Secretaries-General ringfence roles for the powerful — often for powerful men.
For more on this issue, read the Blue Smoke briefing: Ringfencing and the General Assembly and the latest Blue Smoke newsletter: For British Eyes Only
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