Informal Security Council straw polls make the secretary-general selection process insufficiently transparent

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The permanent Security Council members exercise excessive control over the selection of the UN secretary-general

The next United Nations secretary-general should be a woman

The United Nations should strictly adhere to regional rotation when selecting its secretary-general

The General Assembly should choose between multiple candidates for UN secretary-general

The next UN secretary-general should be institutionally independent of the major powers

Rebeca Grynspan should become the next United Nations secretary-general

Chile was justified in withdrawing support for Michelle Bachelet's United Nations candidacy