The UN's changing of the guard | Devex

Published 6 days ago• 1 minute read

The U.N.’s marquee election, the appointment of a new secretary-general, is at least a year off. But the changing of the guard at the United Nations is already well underway.

Candidates are actively vying for the top jobs next year at the U.N. Development Programme, the International Telecommunications Union, and the UN Refugee Agency.

U.N. delegates — led by the ambassadors of South Africa and Romania — have been meeting behind closed doors to produce a set of rules for candidates seeking to replace António Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister, who ends his 10-year tenure at the head of the U.N. in December 2026.

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