Hungary as the Chair of the Eastern European Group to host monthly Ambassadorial luncheon (New York, 24 February 2015)

In her capacity as the Chairman of the Group of Eastern European States (EEG) for the month of February 2015, H.E. Ambassador Katalin Bogyay, Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations hosted the EEG monthly Ambassadorial Luncheon at the Permanent Mission of Hungary on 24 February 2015, in New York.

Beside the nominations and candidatures related to the EEG at the working lunch Ambassador Bogyay raised the question of the process of selecting the new UN Secretary-General (SG). Based on the informal regional rotation scheme the next Secretary-General should come from the Eastern European Group as this region never produced an SG. The turn of the EEG to assume this post is widely accepted within the United Nations.