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Mr. Bolton, the former U.S. envoy to the U.N., decries activist secretaries-general who confront member states 'own interests.
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But they know what they should do, all these under-secretaries general or assistant secretaries-general.
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A former American advisor to Kofi Annan and other past secretaries-general, who asked not to be named, told me he'd argued for years with the State Department to abandon management and for a political post.
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These sanctions prompted the resignation of Denis Halliday and Hans von Sponeck who served as assistant secretaries-general of the UN.
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Zimbabwean vice-president Joyce Mujuru in Johannesburg, while senior government members held talks with the secretaries-general of Zimbabwe's divided MDC.
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If the chasm between the United States and its critics were the only trap for secretaries-general, Ban's prospects might seem reasonable.
Bound to Fail 2007
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But many secretaries-general, it is said, their fate is determined by world events that are unpredictable at any corner.
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It is here where its members make deals, including the nominating of weak and ineffectual secretaries-general who can easily be manipulated.
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Cosatu secretaries-general Kgalema Motlhante and Zwelinzima Vavi were aware of the workshop.
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On Tuesday the secretaries-general of the two parties said the
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