In the wake of a straw poll that seemed to suggest that South Korea's Ban was on an inside track to become the next Secretary-General (depending on exactly who voted against him), the United States has expressed some concern with the current list of candidates, and now two new people are being nominated as contenders. The first was the president of Latvia (who I would think is going nowhere as I can't see either China or Russia, much less both, agreeing to support her), and now Ashraf Ghani, the former Afghan finance minister, is to be nominated. So even though Ban has 14 "encouraging" votes, this contest does not appear to be over.
Posted by armand at September 17, 2006 09:54 PM | TrackBack | Posted to International Affairs