Vesna Pusic

Vesna Pusic thinks it is possible that none of the candidates now in the race to become the new UN secretary-general will eventually be elected to the position.

Pusic is a former Croatian foreign minister and a former candidate in the race for the top UN job, who dropped out earlier in the year.

Helen Clark, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, has officially announced she is running for the UN Secretary-General's office.

Clark, who at the moment heads the UN Development Program, is seen as a strong rival to UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova. To date, the latter has been described as a "frontrunner" in the race.

HSN party leader Vesna Pusic, who in the past served as Croatia's foreign minister, is officially a candidate for the post of UN secretary-general.

Pusic has also launched a website to promote her bid.

No organized opposition has yet emerged to the idea that the time is right for a woman to become the next United Nations Secretary-General, Mike Brunker and Alex Lazar write in an article carried by NBC News.

The authors make an overview of the complex process of selecting a nominee who would be acceptable to majority of the U.N.'s 193 General Assembly members.

Between April 12 and 14, the United Nations (UN) General Assembly will hold informal dialogues with the seven candidates for UN Secretary-General who have been nominated so far.

This was stated in a letter released by UN General Assembly President Mogens Lykketoft, outlining the rules and schedule of hearings.

Montenegro has formally submitted the candidacy of its Foreign Minister, Igor Luksic, as a candidate to take over as UN Secretary General.

Two Bulgarians might turn out to be the main rivals for the United Nations Secretary General's seat that will be vacated by Ban Ki-moon late next year, Russian news outlet Nezavisimaya Gazeta has said.

For the first time since the creation of the United Nations 70 years ago, female candidates are being mentioned among the likely successors of Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, Venetia van Kuffeler writes in an article in the December-January issue of London-based Diplomat magazine.

Croatian Foreign Minister Vesna Pusic said on Thursday her country supports the opening of the first chapters in Serbia's EU accession negotiations.

She also said that "of all EU member-states, Croatia had the biggest interest in seeing Serbia become a member of the EU."

 Slovenia will deploy its military to the border with Croatia in order to help the Slovene police manage the influx of refugees coming into the country.