The UN Secretary General is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations .
| UN Secretary General | |
|---|---|
 UN emblem | |
 Position is António Guterres from January 1, 2017 | |
| Term of office | 5 years, with possible re-election for a new term |
| Position appeared | June 26, 1945 |
| First in position | Gladwyn Jebb (i. O. ) October 24, 1945 Trygve Lee February 1, 1946 |
| Site | un.org/sg |
The Secretary General is appointed by the UN General Assembly on the recommendation of the UN Security Council . The decision of the Security Council is usually preceded by informal discussions and a series of rating votes. In addition, any of the five permanent members of the Council may use the right of veto when voting. In accordance with generally accepted practice, the Secretary-General is not elected from representatives of countries that are permanent members of the Security Council.
The UN Secretary General is elected for five years with possible re-election for a new term. Although there are no restrictions on the number of five-year terms during which the Secretary General may be in his position, so far no one has held this post more than two times.
The residence of the Secretary General is the building of the UN Headquarters on Turtle Bay [1] .
Content
Responsibilities
The UN Secretary-General brings to the attention of the Security Council information on the problems which, in his opinion, threaten the maintenance of international peace and security. The Secretary General shall not receive instructions from any government or authority. He is responsible only to the United Nations .
The Secretary General shall appoint the staff of the UN Secretariat in accordance with the rules established by the General Assembly.
Term of office and election process
The Secretary General is elected for a term of 5 years. Consideration of candidates is held "behind closed doors" exclusively by members of the Security Council [2] . Permanent members of the Security Council have the right to impose a veto on any candidate. It is known about the existence of the so-called “Regional Principle”. The right of final decision belongs to the General Assembly, which elects the Secretary-General by acclamation [3] .
Regional equilibrium principle
In order to avoid usurpation of power, Secretary-Generals should appoint immigrants from various regions of the world [4] [5] . The position of the Secretary General, according to common practice, should not be occupied by a representative of a country that is a permanent member of the Security Council. The only document fixing the regional principle is the 1997 General Assembly resolution . As can be concluded from the chronology of events, the principle is not fully respected [6] .
UN Regional Groups
| UN Regional Group | General Secretaries | Terms of office |
|---|---|---|
| Western European and other countries | four | five |
| East European Group | 0 | 0 |
| Latin American and Caribbean Group | one | 2 |
| Asian group | 2 | 3 |
| African group | 2 | 3 |
UN Secretaries General
Note: The San Francisco Conference , held from April 25 to June 26, 1945, was chaired by Elger Hiss , who was later charged with espionage in favor of the Soviet Union . [7]
| No | A photo | Name | A country | UN Regional Group | Years of authority |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Gladwin Jebb [8] ( eng. Gladwyn Jebb ) (1900–1996) | Great Britain | Western Europe | October 24, 1945 - February 1, 1946 | |
| one | Trygve Halfdan Lee [9] [10] ( Nor. Trygve Halvdan Lie ) (1896-1968) | Norway | Western Europe | February 1, 1946 - November 10, 1952 | |
| 2 | Dag Hammarskjold [10] [11] [12] ( Swede. Dag Hammarskjöld ) (1905–1961) | Sweden | Western Europe | April 10, 1953 - September 18, 1961 | |
| 3 | U Thant [10] [13] ( Burm. ဦး သန့် ) (1909–1974) | Burma | Asia | November 30, 1961 - December 31, 1971 | |
| four | Kurt Waldheim [10] [14] ( German Kurt Waldheim ) (1918–2007) | Austria | Western Europe | January 1, 1972 - December 31, 1981 | |
| five | Javier Perez de Cuellar [10] [15] ( Spanish: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar Guerra ) (born 1920) | Peru | South America | January 1, 1982 - December 31, 1991 | |
| 6 | Boutros Boutros-Ghali [10] [16] [17] ( Arab. بطرس بطرس غالي ) (1922–2016) | Egypt | Africa | January 1, 1992 - December 31, 1996 | |
| 7 | Kofi Annan [10] [18] ( eng. Kofi Annan ) (1938–2018) | Ghana | Africa | January 1, 1997 - December 31, 2006 | |
| eight | Ban Ki-moon [19] . ( cont . 반기문 ) (born 1944) | South Korea | Asia | January 1, 2007 - December 31, 2016 | |
| 9 | António Guterres [20] ( port. António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres ) (born 1949) | Portugal | Western Europe | January 1, 2017 - acting |
See also
- UN Reform
- World government
Notes
- ↑ Teltsch, Kathleen. Town House Offered to UN , The New York Times , 15 July 1972. Retrieved 27 December 2007.
- ↑ Kofi Annan: Job at a Glance . Pbs . Educational Broadcasting Corporation (2002). Archived April 20, 2016.
- ↑ Appointing the UN Secretary-General . - New York: Security Council Report, Inc., October 16, 2015. - Vol. 2015, no. 2. - P. 4–5.
- Cre Secrecy Reigns as UN Secretary General , The New York Times (21 July 2016).
- Well A Well-Read Secretary General , The New York Times (13 December 1981). "With a figurative puff of white smoke, the United Nations Security Council has finally selected a new Secretary General - a seasoned and soft-spoken diplomat from Peru, Javier Perez de Cuellar."
- ↑ Letter from Mogens Lykketoft to All Permanent Representatives and Permanent Observers to the United Nations, 21 July 2016 (21 July 2016).
- ↑ And once again heard a big lie about Yalta . InoSMI.ru (May 11, 2005). The appeal date is August 13, 2010. Archived August 24, 2011.
- ↑ David Stout. Lord Gladwyn Is Dead at 96; Briton Helped Found the UN (“Lord Gladwyn passed away at the age of 96; the Englishman who helped found the UN”) . The New York Times (October 26, 1996). The appeal date is March 18, 2014. Archived August 24, 2011.
- ↑ UN: Trygve Halfdan Lee (Norway)
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A brief historical overview of the election of the UN Secretary-General (not available link) . UNA-USA. The date of circulation is September 30, 2007. Archived October 25, 2007.
- ↑ UN: Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden)
- ↑ Linner S. (2007). Dag Hammarskjold and the crisis in the Congo, 1960–61 Archived on April 5, 2012. . Page 28. University of Uppsala. (2008-07-22).
- ↑ UN: U Than (Myanmar)
- ↑ UN: Kurt Waldheim (Austria)
- ↑ UN: Javier Pérez de Cuellar (Peru)
- ↑ UN: Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt)
- ↑ Report on the capture of Srebrenica - November 15, 1999.
- ↑ UN: Biography of Kofi A. Annan
- ↑ Ban Ki-moon took the oath as the next UN Secretary-General
- ↑ The UN has chosen a new secretary general , RBC . The appeal date is October 13, 2016.