Stephen O’Brien: UN opts for ‘pretty good candidate for important job’
Too often UN appointments are made entirely on political patronage and not at all on competence. This time the former has been tempered by the latter.
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Too often UN appointments are made entirely on political patronage and not at all on competence. This time the former has been tempered by the latter.
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