UN Chief

UN Chief

The United Nations headquarters building is pictured with a UN logo in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US, March 1, 2022. File Photo: REUTERS/Carlo Allegri

How will the next UN chief be chosen and who wants the job?

Here are the potential candidates so far and how the successor to current UN chief Antonio Guterres will be chosen

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File Photo: AFP

UN chief alarmed by reports of excessive use of force by security forces against students in Bangladesh

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a press conference at the United Nations complex in Gigiri, Nairobi, Kenya May 3, 2023. REUTERS/Thomas Mukoya

UN chief says 'scattered measures' for Gaza aid not enough

UN chief urges EU to avoid 'double standards' over Gaza and Ukraine

UN chief urges EU to avoid 'double standards' over Gaza and Ukraine

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, US Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Albania's Foreign Minister Igli Hasani attend a meeting on the conflict between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas at UN headquarters in New York, US, October 24, 2023. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

UN chief alleges violations of law in Gaza, angering Israel

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th Session of the UN General Assembly in New York City, US, 19 September 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File photo

UN chief urges world not to yield to 'naked greed' of fossil fuel interests

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the 78th Session of the U.N. General Assembly in New York City, U.S., September 19, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

UN chief puts spotlight on 'movers,' excludes US, China at climate summit

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the World Economic Forum (WEF), in Davos, Switzerland, January 18, 2023. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

Davos 2023: UN chief urges 'credible' net-zero pledges or risk greenwashing

Photo: Collected

'Humanity has become a weapon of mass extinction,' warns UN chief

UN chief calls for urgent global action on poverty eradication

UN chief calls for urgent global action on poverty eradication

File photo of UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: Collected

UN chief warns education becoming 'great divider'

Volker Turk. Photo: Hindustan Times

Austria's Volker Turk set to become next UN human rights chief

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres, center, observes a minute of silence for the victims of the atomic bombing, during the ceremony marking the 77th anniversary of the atomic bombing at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park. (AP)

On Hiroshima Day, UN chief warns humanity ‘playing with loaded gun’