{"id":62166,"date":"2025-09-25T18:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T18:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/un-general-assembly-president-backs-female-secretary-general"},"modified":"2025-09-25T19:47:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T19:47:26","slug":"un-general-assembly-president-backs-female-secretary-general","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/lesotho\/all-news\/un-general-assembly-president-backs-female-secretary-general","title":{"rendered":"UN General Assembly President Backs Female Secretary-General"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. <\/strong><\/span>The president of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, on Tuesday, called for the election of a woman as UN Secretary-General.<\/p>\n<p>The German diplomat questioned the fact that, in the organization\u2019s 80 years of existence, no woman has yet assumed the top leadership of the United Nations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy, among four billion potential candidates, has it never been possible to find a single woman to fill this position?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>According to Annalena Baerbock, the choice is, of course, up to the member states, stressing that the issue goes beyond equal representation and also concerns the organization\u2019s credibility.<\/p>\n<p>Criticism of Poverty and Rights Violations<\/p>\n<p>Annalena Baerbock criticized the fact that hundreds of millions of people remain condemned to extreme poverty, vulnerable to crises, and deprived of their fundamental rights.<\/p>\n<p>She considered this situation \u201cnot only a moral failure, but also a recipe for global instability, terrorism, and a tragic waste of humanity\u2019s greatest resource: people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Compliance with the United Nations Charter<\/p>\n<p>The German diplomat recalled that the responsibility for this failure does not lie with the United Nations Charter or the institution itself, but rather with the willingness of Member States to comply with the organization\u2019s principles and hold accountable those who violate them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Lesotho<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Lesotho. 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