{"id":155785,"date":"2026-08-07T15:00:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155785"},"modified":"2026-08-07T15:00:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T15:00:07","slug":"race-for-un-top-job-enters-final-stage-choice-may-make-or-break-organisation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=155785","title":{"rendered":"Race for UN top job enters final stage: choice may \u2018make or break\u2019 organisation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIt is financially strapped, structurally flawed, infamously bureaucratic, reputationally damaged and riven with infighting.<br \/>\nSo why would anyone want to take on the role of the next secretary general of the United Nations?<br \/>\n\u201cI really think there should be some sort of psychiatric test for wanting this position,\u201d said Richard Gowan, global issues and institutions director at the International Crisis Group (ICG). \u201cThe stakes are exceptionally high, and there is a strong sense around the UN that the&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3363269\/race-un-top-job-enters-final-stage-choice-may-make-or-break-organisation?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIt is financially strapped, structurally flawed, infamously bureaucratic, reputationally damaged and riven with infighting. So why would anyone want to take on the role&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155785"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=155785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/155785\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=155785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=155785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=155785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}