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An election is due to be held in 2016 to determine who succeeds Ban Ki-moon, whose term as the eighth United Nations Secretary-General will conclude on 31 December 2016. ==Background== There are few rules governing the selection of the Secretary-General. The only guiding language is Article 97 of the United Nations Charter, which states that "The Secretary-General shall be appointed by the General Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council." In 1946, the General Assembly adopted a resolution stating that it was “desirable for the Security Council to proffer one candidate only for the consideration of the General Assembly, and for debate on the nomination in the General Assembly to be avoided.”〔General Assembly resolution 11(I) (1946).〕 As a result, the selection is subject to the veto of any of the five permanent members of the Security Council.〔Simon Chesterman, "Introduction", in Simon Chesterman (ed), ''Secretary or General? The UN Secretary-General in World Politics'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007), p. 7.〕 The Charter's minimal language has since been supplemented by other procedural rules and accepted practices. Traditionally, candidates from the Permanent Five members of the Security Council (China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States), are not considered for the position of Secretary-General to avoid further concentration of power within the UN. As with regional rotation, this is a matter of precedent and convention, rather than a written rule. While former officeholders represent a wide range of countries, there has never been a female Secretary-General.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=UN Secretary-General )〕 Because of the informal regional rotation scheme, many commentators speculate that the next UN Secretary-General will come from the Eastern European Group, as that region has never produced a Secretary-General. However, tensions between Russia and Western permanent members over the conflict in Ukraine has raised the possibility of deadlock over an Eastern European nominee, meaning that candidates from other regions (particularly non-European WEOG and Latin America) are being seriously considered. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「United Nations Secretary-General selection, 2016」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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