Portugal’s Guterres leads race for next UN chief
Portugal’s former prime minister Antonio Guterres is holding on to his lead in the race to become the United Nations’
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Irina Bokova
UN Security Council to hold second straw poll on next Secretary-General
The 15 members of the United Nations Security Council are to hold a second straw poll on August 5 to
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Race for new UN chief heats up
There are two daughters of former presidents and one of a farmer; a history buff, a former president, an honorary
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Bokova at the UN: Fog over Turtle Bay
Perish the thought that as an institution, the United Nations has a dire shortage of platitudes, buzzwords and vague good
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UN begins hearings of Secretary-General candidates
The United Nations begins on April 12 2016 three days of hearings of the eight candidates so far for the
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Looking back at Bulgaria
As far as I can remember, nothing very new has happened in Bulgaria for years, although many might not agree
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Row over State Security background of Bokova UN campaign team
A political controversy has erupted in Bulgaria after an MP said that half of the Foreign Ministry team appointed to
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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry names team for Bokova’s UN Secretary-General candidacy
Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry announced on March 21 2016 the team that will work on the campaign for Irina Bokova to
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Polarised political reaction in Bulgaria to nomination of Bokova as candidate UN chief
Reactions among Bulgaria’s political parties in Parliament to the nomination of Irina Bokova as the country’s candidate to be the
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