Catharina Boehme: It’s time for the first female United Nations Secretary-General

Catharina Boehme, Assistant Director of General External Relations at the World Health Organization, shared a post on LinkedIn:

“It’s time for the first female United Nations Secretary-General. For the last couple of weeks, discussions have been taking momentum — not only in NY — thanks to the brilliant advocacy work of many organizations and networks.

Here in Geneva, we are also paying attention. Some of the Ambassadors and counterparts I regularly interact with champion the idea. I hope their capitals will be supportive.

Last year Dr Tedros rightly mentioned how embarrassing it’s the fact that in almost 80 years, we haven’t had a female UN SG. The timely coverage by PassBlue is worth your time. This article has a long list of rather qualified and experienced potential candidates.

Notably, the top three in the survey are from Latin America and the Caribbean. Michelle Bachelet, former President of Chile; Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbardos; and María Fernanda Espinosa, former President of the UNGA and former Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ecuador.

And there are many more out there. With the process expected to start next year — in your view who would be the best woman for the job?”

Source: Catharina Boehme/LinkedIn