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Tex replied

17 January 2006, 12:51
Not much of a tendency given the last two turns have been 'Africa'.
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expat replied

17 January 2006, 12:44
Originally posted by Spartacus

No they don't.

1997 - present: Kofi Annan (Ghana)
1992 - 1996: Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt)
1982 - 1991: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru)

They don't take it in turns, but there is a tendency to try to give each continent a turn. Not each "world"!
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PerlOfWisdom replied

16 January 2006, 10:52
Originally posted by Spartacus

Plus it's a fairly established precedent as far as applying for the job of UN Secretary General goes that "people from first world countries need not apply".

So THAT'S why he's trying to turn us into a third world country!
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Spartacus replied

14 January 2006, 17:27
Originally posted by cojak

No it isn't - they take it in turns.

No they don't.

1997 - present: Kofi Annan (Ghana)
1992 - 1996: Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt)
1982 - 1991: Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru)

Unless you are counting Egypt as a first world country it's been 25 years since a Westerner has been UN secretary general (Kurt Waldheim who stepped down in 1981).
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xoggoth replied

14 January 2006, 16:28
That's the thing about precedents, they change what has gone before. I agree with Spartacus, in the current political climate it has to be be a w, ooh sorry, I meant a representative from a developing country.
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cojak replied

14 January 2006, 13:04
No it isn't - they take it in turns.
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Spartacus replied

14 January 2006, 09:47
Plus it's a fairly established precedent as far as applying for the job of UN Secretary General goes that "people from first world countries need not apply".
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stackpole replied

14 January 2006, 09:44
Isn't that Kofi Annan's job at the moment?

Or have I got the wrong international Jobs-For-Failed-Politicians organisation?
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14 January 2006, 07:40
F.i.l.t.h

Failed in London trying Hong Kong...

Clinton backs PM as future UN chief

Former US president Bill Clinton has given Prime Minister Tony Blair his backing as a future secretary general of the United Nations.

Mr Clinton said Mr Blair would make a "good" head for the international organisation when he stepped down as Prime Minister, as he has promised he will before the next general election.

So Blair realises an EU presidency is not going to happen, so guess he'll be trying to invent a president of the World.
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