Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration Minister Natalia Gherman is the official candidate of Moldova for the post of UN Secretary General, said the Bureau of Press Relations of the Government of Moldova.
“Natalia Gherman is a great diplomat, and his leadership qualities are known at the national and international level”, – said in a letter to the head of the Moldovan government in the UN Pavel Filip.
The document notes that “among her impressive success” the negotiation and conclusion of an association agreement between Moldova and the EU, as well as the creation of a free trade zone with the European Union.
Therefore Moldovan diplomat became the sixth registered candidate.
The publication notes that according to some media reports, the UN has a tacit understanding that the next UN Secretary-General is a woman from one of the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.
It is worth adding that the campaign for the election of the UN Secretary General launched in December 2015, the Security Council will begin its consideration of the candidates not later than July 2016. France.
It is also interesting that Natalia Gherman – the daughter of the first President of Moldova Mircea Snegur. At the time, 46-year-old German, had occupied the post of deputy prime minister t republic, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 2013 to 2015, has been acting prime minister in June 2015.
Earlier it was reported that the Government of Slovenia nominated former President Danilo Turk to the position of the United Nations Secretary-General.
As is known, the current secretary general Ban Ki-moon, a former South Korean foreign minister at the end of next year, leaves the office and can not be re-elected because of what has worked for two terms.
