Geneva: Rebeca Grynspan, the Costa Rican candidate to lead the United Nations, told AFP the selection process should be carried out without discrimination or preferential treatment for women. As UN chief Antonio Guterres’s second term draws to a close next year, calls have been mounting for the world body to finally put a woman in charge. If you have “a process that will not discriminate against women, and we are able to get to the post of being secretary-general, we will show the world that we can live on equal terms”, said Grynspan, who heads the UN trade and development agency UNCTAD. Since its founding in 1945, the UN has had no...
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A woman running the UN? Costa Rican candidate Rebeca Grynspan urges no special treatment
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