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

"We feel that candidates must be required to present their views to all member-states of the General Assembly," he said adding that it would be appropriate that a new Secretary General be "sensitive and responsive" to the development imperatives of the developing world.

On the issue of selection of other Executive Heads of organisations in the UN system, Mukerji said the desire of the UN membership is to have an international civil service which displays the highest standards of professionalism, neutrality and integrity and which is accountable to the General Assembly.

In addition, India called for closer consultation on procedures for selecting, appointing and confirming the heads of the major specialised agencies, funds and programmes with a view to ensuring transparency, legitimacy and balanced representation.

Mukerji said extension of tenures of incumbents in such positions beyond the stipulated time frame, providing multiple tenures to the same incumbent and to persons belonging to the same geographical region, go against these established norms and should be "discouraged".
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