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Next UN Chief should be from Asia - China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-07-07 09:42
China on Thursday said it wants the next UN Secretary-General to be Asian.
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu answers questions at a
regular press conference, Beijing, July 6, 2006. [FMPRC.gov.cn]
"China firmly believes that next UN Secretary-General should come from
Asia and Asian countries will keep solidarity and coordinate the
selection of a competent, prestigious Secretary-General, who is widely
accepted by Asian countries," China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang
Yu told a news briefing.
French Ambassador to the United Nations, Jean-Marc de La Sabliere, said
Wednesday that the first "straw polls" for a new UN Secretary-General are
due to be held in the UN Security Council by the middle of July.
Sabliere, who is the Security Council president for July, told reporters
at UN headquarters in New York that the UN Security Council hopes to
submit the final candidate to the General Assembly either in late
September or early October allowing the new Secretary-General several
months to prepare before taking over the job at the beginning of next
year.
Jiang said the straw polls are unofficial consultations and are aimed at
testing Security Council members' general reactions to different
candidates.
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan's second five-year term will end on
December 31.
The UN charter allows the Security Council to nominate a candidate who is
then be approved by the UN General Assembly.
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