UN Secretary-General: who wants the world's toughest job?

This week on Inside Geneva, host Imogen Foulkes looks at the race to become the next UN Secretary-General. António Guterres will step down in just six weeks, but the UN Security Council cannot agree on his successor. “The whole process is so strange, completely untransparent,” says Louis Charbonneau of Human Rights Watch. He is concerned that some candidates for the UN’s top job come from countries with poor human rights records. Richard Gowan of the International Crisis Group warns: “It’s a bleak time. It feels as though this selection process has existential implications for the UN.” The UN is facing huge financial and political challenges. Can it survive if member states cannot even agree on a leader? Listen now to the full episode.

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