Policy Profiles of Secretary-General Candidates

The 1 for 8 Billion has partnered with 15 leading NGOs to publish policy profiles of each candidate for Secretary-General. Drawing on the candidates’ vision statements, their statements at the General Assembly, and other public information, our expert NGO partners have broken down the candidates’ views on key policy issues.

The new initiative aims to ensure that civil society representatives, member states, and members of the general public can easily understand each candidate’s vision for addressing the main policy challenges that the next Secretary-General will face.

Click on each candidate’s profile to learn about their policy vision for the UN.

Our partners

The 1 for 8 Billion campaign partnered with 15 leading NGOs with expertise in core UN policy issues to produce these policy profiles. The policy profiles on each thematic area were authored by the partner NGOs listed below, and their work is a reflection of their own views only — not those of the 1 for 8 Billion campaign or the other partners leading on other thematic areas.

  1. Prevention (CHRIPS and Saferworld)

  2. Peacekeeping and peacebuilding (CCCPA and International Peace Institute)

  3. Humanitarian action (ODI Global)

  4. Development and inequality (Center for Policy Dialogue and Southern Voice)

  5. Human rights and gender equality (CEJIL and GQUAL Campaign)

  6. Gender, youth, and civil society inclusion (CIVICUS and TAP Network)

  7. Climate (Plataforma CIPÓ and SHE Changes Climate)

  8. UN reform (Article 109)