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'Peace matters to women': Helen Clark launches campaign to lead UN | 'Peace matters to women': Helen Clark launches campaign to lead UN |
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New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark has started her campaign to become the first woman to lead the United Nations, saying in Paris that “peace really matters to women”. | New Zealand’s former prime minister Helen Clark has started her campaign to become the first woman to lead the United Nations, saying in Paris that “peace really matters to women”. |
Clark, 66, said she “never asked for supporters because I’m a woman,” but acknowledged that “Of course I am a woman, and I bring that perspective to a job.” | Clark, 66, said she “never asked for supporters because I’m a woman,” but acknowledged that “Of course I am a woman, and I bring that perspective to a job.” |
“It holds generally true that women carry a broad range of family responsibilities” and give priority to health and education, she said. | “It holds generally true that women carry a broad range of family responsibilities” and give priority to health and education, she said. |
As such, Clark said women are a vector for peace and stability, stressing: “Peace really matters to women.” | As such, Clark said women are a vector for peace and stability, stressing: “Peace really matters to women.” |
Clark has headed the largest UN agency, the UN Development Programme, which implements the body’s worldwide economic development operations, since 2009. | Clark has headed the largest UN agency, the UN Development Programme, which implements the body’s worldwide economic development operations, since 2009. |
She plans to promote her bid in each of the capitals of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - France, Britain, the United States, Russia and China. | She plans to promote her bid in each of the capitals of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council - France, Britain, the United States, Russia and China. |
She and three other women are among the nine candidates so far in the running to succeed Ban Ki-moon of South Korea as secretary general. | She and three other women are among the nine candidates so far in the running to succeed Ban Ki-moon of South Korea as secretary general. |
Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, head of the UN cultural agency Unesco, is considered a strong contender and would be the first UN chief from eastern Europe, the only region that has yet to be represented in the top job. | Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, head of the UN cultural agency Unesco, is considered a strong contender and would be the first UN chief from eastern Europe, the only region that has yet to be represented in the top job. |
Given an unwritten rule of regional rotation to fill the post, Clark may be at a disadvantage being from the same Asia-Pacific region as Ban. | Given an unwritten rule of regional rotation to fill the post, Clark may be at a disadvantage being from the same Asia-Pacific region as Ban. |
But she said “this time the member states are looking more at the scale of what is needed” in a secretary-general, adding that she offered “pragmatic and effective” leadership. | But she said “this time the member states are looking more at the scale of what is needed” in a secretary-general, adding that she offered “pragmatic and effective” leadership. |
The UN Security Council is expected to begin a round of straw polls in July to nominate a candidate. | The UN Security Council is expected to begin a round of straw polls in July to nominate a candidate. |
The General Assembly is expected to endorse the choice in October, and the successful candidate will begin work on 1 January, 2017. | The General Assembly is expected to endorse the choice in October, and the successful candidate will begin work on 1 January, 2017. |
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