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Throughout the United Nations system, elections and appointments to positions of international importance are decided away from the election hall. Too often, selections are based on political favors, trades, and promises, even antiquated political fiefdoms. The UN's processes fall unacceptably short of existing international public sector appointment and selection procedures.
The UNelections.org campaign encourages the UN to increase transparency regarding how posts are filled, place a greater emphasis on individual qualifications, reduce the political and financial trading of positions, and ensure more equity for candidates from all member states. Above all, we strive for the appointment of able, quality leaders for global institutions addressing the most sensitive and pressing problems of our world community.
UNelections Monitor
Issue 163 - October 25 2011 - Reaction to Azerbaijan's Election to the Security Council
Monitor Azerbaijan’s election to the Security Council has elicited negative remarks from member states, as many feel that Azerbaijan’s position on the Security Council is an example of the United Nation’s procedural stagnation. Azerbaijan was declared victorious after Slovenia withdrew its bid for election; until then, the two states had been caught in a deadlock voting procedure, reaching its seventeenth round until Slovenia’s withdrawal. Azerbaijan eventually won the uncontested election with 116 votes for and 77 against.
Issue 162 - August 15 - India Assumes Security Council Presidency for August
MonitorNew York, 15 August 2011
On August 1, India assumed the presidency of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), replacing Germany. It is the first time the country has occupied the seat in nearly two decades, the previous instance being in December 1992.
As SC President, Permanent Representative of India Hardeep Singh Puri emphasized the important responsibilities India was to shoulder. “The manner in which you conduct yourself in the deliberations of the council, the kind of positions you take, the political maturity which you display not only as the member of the council but more in the presidency, those ultimately reflect on the country's credentials,” he stated. While India entertains particular aspirations of its own, Puri acknowledged, it must work in the long-term and address the concerns of other countries.