Side Events

A New Vision for Global Leadership: Selecting the Next UN Secretary-General

23 September 2025

Oana-Silvia Țoiu (centre), Minister of Foreign Affairs of Romania, addresses the high-level side event "Selecting the Next UN SG". The International Peace Institute and the Governments of Estonia, Romania and Denmark, in partnership with 1 for 8 Billion, UNA-UK, and CIVICUS, convened this public policy forum on the selection process of the next United Nations Secretary General.

From left to right is: Jeppe Tranholm-Mikkelsen, Permanent Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of Denmark; Alar Karis, President of Estonia; and Jeffrey Feltman, Non-Resident Adviser of the International Peace Institute. And at right is Thant Myint-U, Visiting Fellow at Trinity College, Cambridge; the Chairman of U Thant House; Founder and Chairman of the Yangon Heritage Trust; and author of the book, Peacemaker: U Thant and the Forgotten Quest for a Just World.

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