Intervention by H.E. Ambassador Katalin Bogyay Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations at the Third Thematic Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group on “The selection and appointment of the Secretary-General and other executive heads”, held on 27 April 2015.
Hungary as member of the ACT Group has always played an active role in the issue and strongly supports the establishment of a clear nomination procedure resulting in a list of official candidates.
In her intervention Ambassador Bogyay supported the statements delivered on behalf of the ACT Group, the Eastern European Group and the European Union on the selection of the Secretary-General. Ambassador Bogyay called for continued and principled application of the regional and gender criteria, and for a more transparent, clear and inclusive selection process built on the basis of the existing framework.
The next Secretary-General should be a charismatic person with excellent communicational and managerial skills, who protects the values of the UN Charter and make the UN more understandable to peoples of the world. Hungary would prefer this master diplomat coming from the Eastern European Group and being a woman.
To read the full statement delivered by Ambassador Bogyay, please click here.
