Towards the election of the UN Secretary-General: "The service? Good. Servility? Disgusting"

..., initially represented by three South Korean advisers who, like Ban Ki-moon, were not quite familiar with the way things were done at the UN. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Dmitriy Kiku: Electing the UN Secretary-General: Equation with One Unknown Unlike Kofi Annan, who preceded him, Ban Ki-moon soft-pedalled the issue of reforming the UN Security Council. One reason for this, it was suggested, was that Japan is a potential contender for a permanent seat on the SC, which greatly irritates Seoul. Although the Syrian crisis was at the top of the agenda during Ban Ki-moon's second term ...