In the margins of the UN’s Summit of the Future, the “1 for 8 Billion” campaign on 20 September 2024 launched a new policy platform, demanding that after 80 years it was time for the first woman to serve as UN Secretary-General.
According to the campaign, governments should refrain from nominating any male candidates in the next selection process which is expected to begin in late next year. While the Summit’s outcome document, the Pact for the Future, noted the “regrettable fact that there has never been a woman Secretary-General” it merely encouraged Member States “to consider nominating women as candidates”.
