Have
we thought that a collateral damage resulting from the Ukraine crisis is
related to the election of the new UN Secretary-general? Up to now it was safe
to believe that the new SG, to be elected in 2016, would be a senior figure
from Eastern Europe. Now, with the tense situation that has developed between
the West and Russia, it is very likely to see Moscow opposing a strong
candidate coming from a former member of the Warsaw Pact. Or from a former USSR
territory. That puts an end, I believe, to the ambitions some key figures in
the Baltic States had been nurturing.
It
also increases the chances of someone coming from a smaller Western State. And
it gives a new breath of hope to UNDP´s boss, Helen Clark, a New Zealander that
would love to be in charge.
