Welcome to UNelections.org
Welcome to UNelections.org Campaign and Information Center:
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 is encouraging the United Nations to increase transparency regarding how the posts are filled, place a greater emphasis on individual qualifications, reduce corruptive political and financial trading for positions, and help ensure more equity for candidates from all member states. Of course, the larger goal is for the appointment of better and more qualified leaders for those global institutions addressing the most sensitive and pressing problems of our world community.
Monitor
Issue 58 - May 8 - Twenty Candidates for HRC Elections on May 21
MonitorNew York, May 8, 2008 - On May 21, 2008, the UN General Assembly will hold its third annual election of members of the Human Rights Council (HRC). Fifteen seats are at stake, and 20 countries have already declared their candidacies to date. In two of the five geographic groupings, non-competitive "clean slates" of candidates have been presented.
Election Procedures
Membership and Terms: The Human Rights Council, established on 15 March 2006, has 47 members serving staggered terms of three years.
Members can serve two consecutive terms are not eligible for immediate re-election after that, in order to prevent any State from effectively holding permanent membership.
Issue 57 - April 29 - Ban Appoints New Head of UNIFEM – Results of Selection Panel Said to be Discarded
MonitorNew York, April 29, 2008 - On April 7, the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Kemal Dervis, announced the appointment of Inés Alberdi of Spain to the position of Executive Director of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM).
According to the press release, Alberdi was selected by UNDP Administrator Kemal Dervis in consultation with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the UNIFEM Consultative Committee, in a process described as "comprehensive and extensive, taking into account both the challenges facing UNIFEM ... and the broader requirements of strengthening gender-focused work throughout the UN system."