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| Sri Lanka nominates Annan's successor |
| 2006-06-10 |
| Sri Lanka has formally submitted Jayantha Dhanapala, as a candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as UN secretary general, according to a letter seen on Thursday. The letter from Sri Lanka's UN Ambassador Prasad Kariyawasam to his Danish counterpart Ellen Loj, the UN Security Council president for June, noted that Dhanapala, currently an adviser to Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse, has served 27 years in his country's diplomatic service and another 10 in senior UN management. "It is the hope of the government of Sri Lanka that the Council will give favourable consideration to the candidature of Jayantha Dhanapala with a view to recommending to the General Assembly his appointment as secretary general of the United Nations with effect from January 1, 2007," it said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 Mr Mendiola would make a great Sec Gen, I'm all for it, by gum! |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2006-06-10 13:35 |
| #5 Might as well nominate Joe M. He makes more sense that the present clown. And we know how much sense Coffee makes. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2006-06-10 12:26 |
| #4 Joe Mendiola for Sec Gen? I'm for it. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2006-06-10 11:55 |
| #3 "served 27 years in his country's diplomatic service and another 10 in senior UN management" That works better as an indictment, not as qualifications for a nomination. Everything we don't need. Ah well, no big thing. This sucker's dead. Deader 'n a doornail. Make it official and plull the plug. Some will thank us - the rest can go fuck themselves. |
| Posted by: flyover 2006-06-10 02:48 |
| #2 Somebody needs to clue Bolton in about Joe M. and to get his name out there... |
| Posted by: PBMcL 2006-06-10 02:43 |
| #1 I thought Kojo was, like, an automatic... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-10 00:15 |