India Calls For Two-Third Majority Of General Assembly To Appoint UN Secy General

There is an "obvious" need for implementing the clear provisions of the UN Charter as far as the selection procedure of the Secretary General is concerned, he said.

"We strongly feel that a Secretary General, elected on the basis of these provisions, who reflects the aspirations of the broader United Nations membership, will be crucial in providing effective and responsive leadership in meeting these challenges," Mukerji added.

He stressed that this objective can be achieved by clarifying the process for electing the Secretary-General without making this a "divisive issue" between the Security Council and the General Assembly.

Ban took office in January 2007 and was unanimously re-elected for a second term by the General Assembly in June 2011. He would continue to serve as the UN chief till December 2016.

"The current practice of the General Assembly accepting the Security Council's recommendation and appointing the Secretary-General by acclamation has to be seen against the legal requirement," under the UN Charter, which recognises that "the Secretary-General shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council," Mukerji said.
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