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Wednesday 10 Feb 2016 - 13:54 Makkah mean time-1-5-1437
UNESCO chief Irina Bokova (UN Photo)
New York (IN) – Bulgaria's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday formally announced its nomination of UNESCO chief Irina Bokova for UN secretary-general.
“With her biography and her accumulated experience, Ms Bokova may be one of the significant candidates in the forthcoming campaign for UN Secretary-General,” the Foreign Ministry said in a nomination letter sent to the United Nations.
Sending of the letter arises from a decision made on 19 June 2014 by the cabinet of the time, according to the Sofia Globe website.
Besides Bulgaria's Bokova, 63, who was the first woman to head the UN's culture body UNESCO, candidates for the UN Secretary-General’s post identified in media reports included Croatian former Foreign Minister Vesna Pusić, Slovenian former President Danilo Türk, Republic of Macedonia former Foreign Minister and former UN General Assembly president Srgjan Kerim, Portugal’s former Prime Minister and former UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres, Serbian former Foreign Minister Vuk Jeremić and New Zealand’s former Prime Minister Helen Clark.
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