Turkey has nominated Feridun Sinirlioglu for the post of future Secretary-General of the United Nations. The candidacy of the current head of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) was submitted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. STVR (Minúta po minúte) ↗
Sinirlioglu currently heads the OSCE, which deals with issues of security and cooperation in Europe. Turkey has proposed him as a candidate to succeed António Guterres at the helm of the UN. According to available information, Erdoğan supports his taking the leadership of the world organization. Die Zeit ↗
The nomination letter was submitted at a time when the process of selecting the future UN Secretary-General is beginning. Sinirlioglu has already been mentioned in recent days as a possible candidate for the post, but his nomination has now taken on an official form. Deutschlandfunk ↗
Feridun Sinirlioglu is a Turkish diplomat who heads the OSCE. His candidacy also represents an effort by Ankara to put forward a figure with experience in international diplomacy and security policy to lead the UN.
Further developments will depend on the assessment of the candidacy and on negotiations over the successor to António Guterres. Turkey will need to secure support for its nominee within the mechanisms of the United Nations.
Turkey Nominates OSCE Chief for UN Secretary-General Post
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UN-Generalsekretär: Türkei nominiert OSZE-Chef für Guterres-Nachfolge
Die Zeit
| 06:56 31.10.
Diplomatie - Türkei schickt OSZE-Chef Sinirlioglu ins Rennen um Amt des UNO-Generalsekretärs
Deutschlandfunk
| 08:34 31.10.
Turecko nominovalo Feriduna Sinirliogla, ktorý stojí na čele Organizácie pre bezpečnosť a spoluprácu v Európe (OBSE),
STVR (Minúta po minúte)
| 08:47 31.10.
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