What's new about the UN's leadership selection process?

UN Secretary General candidates Irina Bokova of Bulgaria and Vesna Pusic of Croatia. (AAP) Source: AAP

For the first time, the process of selecting the next head of the United Nations is being done publicly.The move marks a distinct change in the UN's 70-year history, which has previously always chosen its next candidate behind closed doors. It has also ignited hopes of the UN choosing a woman, with at least 53 countries lobbying for a female head. Nital Desai reports.

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