Ada pengertian bersama, bahwa jabatan Sekjen DK PBB di rotasi per kawasan. Giliran Afrika sudah, agaknya sekarang giliran Asia. ASEAN (berarti Indonesia juga)sudah meng-endorse pencalonan Menlu Thailand, Surakiart Sathiratha.
Salam, RM ----------------------------------------- Dec 20, 2004 Sri Lanka diplomat joins race for UN's top job Jayantha Dhanapala is second candidate from Asia seeking to succeed Annan in 2007 By Betsy Pisik Straits Times US Bureau NEW YORK - A SRI Lankan career diplomat with close ties to Washington and the United Nations has entered the race to succeed Mr Kofi Annan as the next UN secretary-general. The Sri Lankan government will nominate Mr Jayantha Dhanapala, a former ambassador to Washington, for the top UN job, according to diplomats. The position will fall vacant in January 2007. Mr Dhanapala, who ran the UN disarmament office for five years, is the second candidate from Asia. In September, Thailand nominated Foreign Minister Surakiart Sathirathai. 'One advantage that Mr Dhanapala has is his knowledge and experience with how the system works,' a Sri Lankan diplomat said last week. The former disarmament czar also has significant international experience and strong ties with Washington. 'This could be very important in that position,' said the diplomat. Sri Lanka has sent out feelers to other South Asian nations in the hope of building a regional block of support. This could counter Asean's support for Mr Sathirathai and discourage challengers from Pakistan, Bangladesh or Nepal. India, which is keenly eyeing a permanent seat on the Security Council, is unlikely to put forward a candidate for the secretary-general's position. As the UN Undersecretary-General for Disarmament Affairs from 1998 to 2003, Mr Dhanapala, 65, was responsible for promoting nuclear non-proliferation and overseeing the creation of a conventional arms registry. Before then, he served as his country's ambassador to Washington from 1995 to 1997, and has also held diplomatic posts in London, New Delhi and Beijing. He has long experience working with the Non-Aligned Movement and was president of the 1995 Non-Proliferation Treaty review and extension conference. Since leaving the UN early last year, he has served as secretary-general of Sri Lanka's 'peace secretariat', the department responsible for negotiating with the insurgent LTTE, better known as the Tamil Tigers. Around the UN last week, diplomats were not surprised to hear that Mr Dhanapala would be seeking the top job. 'Not a bad choice,' said one African envoy. 'He certainly knows the UN and should focus on development goals, coming from Sri Lanka.' However, he added: 'I would like to see who else will step forward.' The next UN secretary-general will have a full plate, undertaking institutional reforms such as the expansion of the Security Council, the strengthening of the General Assembly and a reassessment of the priorities of various UN programmes and mandates. The reassessment process is already under way with the recent release of suggestions from a high-level panel commissioned by Mr Annan, but many of the more ambitious changes are likely to take years to pull off. As well, the UN is still likely to be involved in rebuilding Iraq, peacekeeping in central Africa and shepherding bedrock development throughout much of the southern hemisphere. The position of secretary-general, like most senior UN postings, is filled by a person from a different regional group each term. The next posting is widely considered to be Asia's turn to fill. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $4.98 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Q7_YsB/neXJAA/yQLSAA/BRUplB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> *************************************************************************** Berdikusi dg Santun & Elegan, dg Semangat Persahabatan. Menuju Indonesia yg Lebih Baik, in Commonality & Shared Destiny. www.ppi-india.uni.cc *************************************************************************** __________________________________________________________________________ Mohon Perhatian: 1. Harap tdk. memposting/reply yg menyinggung SARA (kecuali sbg otokritik) 2. Pesan yg akan direply harap dihapus, kecuali yg akan dikomentari. 3. Lihat arsip sebelumnya, www.ppi-india.da.ru; 4. Posting: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 5. Satu email perhari: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6. No-email/web only: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 7. kembali menerima email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ppiindia/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
