The next UN secretary general: meet the candidates

By Guardian Live

Date and time

Fri, 3 Jun 2016 19:00 - 20:30 GMT+1

Location

The Barbican

Barbican Hall Silk St EC2Y 8DS United Kingdom

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Description

The race for one of the most powerful jobs in the world comes to London in June. Not the US presidential election, but the far more unpredictable contest to become the next UN secretary general.

This event will be a small piece of history in the making. Secretary generals are usually chosen behind closed doors, like a pope or a Nobel prize winner. This year however, a popular movement has emerged calling for more openness so the public can vet who the powerful select. The London debate is the culmination of that process.

And now on 3 June, we have invited some of the hopefuls for the world's most difficult job to debate each other in London in front of a live audience. We'll be joined by António Guterres, Vuk Jeremić and Igor Lukšić, plus more to be announced. The event, which I will host, is sure to make waves - and turn heads all the way up to the UN security council, which will pick its preferred candidate later in the summer.

Join us at the Barbican and be part of this historic occasion.

This event is brought to you in partnership with UNA-UK and Future United Nations Development System at the CUNY Graduate Center

Running time: 90 minutes, no interval.

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