1 for 7 Billion campaign materials
- Policy Platform
- Principles and recommendations – a commentary
- Chart comparing different UN appointment processes
- Chart comparing country positions on the proposal for the Secretary-General to serve a single term
- Chart comparing country positions on the proposal that the Security Council nominate multiple candidates
- Guide for parliamentarians
- Appointment of the Secretary-General for a longer single term
- No backroom deals, an end to monopoly: The Secretary-General’s ability to make senior UN appointments on merit
1 for 7 Billion letters
- Letter to Experts on Revitalization of the GA, 10 April 2018
- Letter to General Assembly Ad Hoc Working Group, March 2018
- Letter to Secretary-General advocating fair, open, inclusive senior appointments, February 2018
- Letter to General Assembly Ad Hoc Working Group, February 2018
- Letter to General Assembly Ad Hoc Working Group, March 2017
- Letter to P5 members on veto transparency, October 2016
- Letter to UNSC permanent members on UNSG selection process, October 2016
- Letter to candidates asking them to commit to serving a single term
- Letter to Foreign Ministers, February 2015
- Open NGO letter to world leaders, November 2014
UN documents
- Chapter XV of the UN Charter on the Secretariat
- UN General Assembly resolution on the appointment, 24 January 1946 (1-11)
- UN Preparatory Commission’s Description of the Role of the Secretary-General
- The "Wisnumurti Guidelines" for Selecting a Candidate for Secretary-General, adopted 12 November 1996
- Procedure for Appointing the UN Secretary-General, Informal Fact Sheet from the UN Secretariat, February 2006
- Security Council Research Report on Appointing the UN Secretary-General, 16 October 2015
- UN General Assembly resolution (51-241)
- UN General Assembly resolution (60-286)
- UN General Assembly resolution (68-307)
- UN General Assembly resolution, 11 September 2015 (69-321) [extract]
- Joint letter from the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council, 15 December 2015
Joint Inspection Unit, United Nations, Geneva:
- Selection and conditions of service of Executive Heads in the United Nations system organizations, Joint Inspection Unit, United Nations, Geneva 2009 (JIU/REP/2009/8 )
- Transparency in the selection and appointment of senior managers in the United Nations secretariat, Joint Inspection Unit, United Nations, Geneva (JIU/REP/2011/2)
Expert Reports
Security Council Report: Special Research Report on the Appointment of a New Secretary-General:
- Report 1 - Appointment of a New Secretary General, Security Council Report, 16 February 2006
- Report 2 - Appointment of a New Secretary-General, Security Council Report 21 June 2006
- Report 3 - Appointment of a New Secretary-General, Security Council Report, 24 May 2011
- Report 4 - Appointing the UN Secretary-General, Security Council Report, 16 October 2015
- Report 5 - Appointing the UN Secretary-General: The Challenge for the Security Council, Security Council Report, 30 June 2016
Delphi Symposium, Delphi, Greece, 27 to 30 May 2010
Government documents
Supporting briefings and materials
- 2006 UN Secretary-General Selection Campaign
- FES-NY briefing - A democratic UN starts with a democratic election of its leader
- UNA-UK briefing on the appointment process
- ACT Group and Elders Panel Discussion Meeting Report, September 2015
- One World Trust briefing on the institutional context of searches for a UN Secretary-General
- One World Trust briefing on the relevance of geographic rotation in appointing the next Secretary-General
- One World Trust briefing on the appointment of Trygve Lie as the first UN Secretary-General
- One World Trust briefing on the appointment of Ban Ki-moon as UN Secretary-General
- One World Trust briefing on the UN Secretary-General and the call for representation
- One World Trust briefing: Civil society sits down with Secretary-General nominees
- One World Trust briefing on the challenges of the UN Secretary-General’s appointment process for the relationship with the UN Security Council
- One World Trust briefing: Transparency and accountability in the UN Secretary-General appointment process measured against the UN’s own best practices