Comments on: Ban wins. http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/ Looking at the race for the next UN Secretary General Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:37:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Abnormal http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-13333 Abnormal Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:43:36 +0000 http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-13333 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Abnormal. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Abnormal.

]]> By: drugs http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-12523 drugs Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:18:17 +0000 http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-12523 Guess what? Your blog is amazing! I can't remember when was the last time i've overcome such a good blog that almost all articles/posts were interesting and wouldn't regret spending my time reading it. I hope you will keep up the great work you are doing here and i can enjoy my everyday read at your blog. Guess what? Your blog is amazing! I can’t remember when was the last time i’ve overcome such a good blog that almost all articles/posts were interesting and wouldn’t regret spending my time reading it. I hope you will keep up the great work you are doing here and i can enjoy my everyday read at your blog.

]]> By: breenwillow http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-677 breenwillow Sun, 08 Oct 2006 04:15:28 +0000 http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-677 All these reports of Ban "buying" the top post badly misses the point. It is the <b>five permanent security council members</b> (US, China, Russia, France, UK) who ultimately decide who gets the UNSG position. A veto from any one of the P5 members effectively kills the nomination on the spot. So if Ban wanted to buy votes, he would have had to approach the P5 members. And frankly, I don't find it credible or believeable that the P5 members would be influenced by South Korea's offer of financial assistance. The most likely reason Ban was chosen for UNSG was that he was deemed the most acceptable candidate to both the US and China, i.e., he was perceived as the least threatening and most accommodating to US and Chinese interests. No matter how much money SKorea offered to developping African countries on the SC, it wouldn't make any difference if he had no support from the P5 members. All these reports about Ban "bribing" votes in the SC is just hot air. All these reports of Ban “buying” the top post badly misses the point.

It is the five permanent security council members (US, China, Russia, France, UK) who ultimately decide who gets the UNSG position. A veto from any one of the P5 members effectively kills the nomination on the spot. So if Ban wanted to buy votes, he would have had to approach the P5 members. And frankly, I don’t find it credible or believeable that the P5 members would be influenced by South Korea’s offer of financial assistance.

The most likely reason Ban was chosen for UNSG was that he was deemed the most acceptable candidate to both the US and China, i.e., he was perceived as the least threatening and most accommodating to US and Chinese interests. No matter how much money SKorea offered to developping African countries on the SC, it wouldn’t make any difference if he had no support from the P5 members. All these reports about Ban “bribing” votes in the SC is just hot air.

]]> By: Peter http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-661 Peter Tue, 03 Oct 2006 09:27:23 +0000 http://chapter15.wordpress.com/2006/10/02/ban-wins/#comment-661 Is it acceptable that one can buy the top post this way?? I read an article in http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2380336,00.html and it seems quite visible that Ban is a corrupt candidate. I would.. ban him from the top UN post. Is it acceptable that one can buy the top post this way?? I read an article in http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2380336,00.html and it seems quite visible that Ban is a corrupt candidate. I would.. ban him from the top UN post.

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