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To the members of the Security Council and the General Assembly:

We the peoples of the United Nations, concerned global citizens, demand an end to the secret process for appointing the Secretary General. We demand a timely and structured process, a clear and public selection criteria, and a list of candidates with clear policy platforms. The Security Council should propose more than one candidate to the General Assembly to choose from, and the Secretary-General should be appointed to a single and non-renewable seven-year term. The current process is inexcusable, and we won't wait another four years to fix it.
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The best person for the world's most important job
Imagine the most important job in the world was handed out secretly by a few politicians behind closed doors.

Here’s the real secret: it is. The UN Secretary General is supposed to represent all of us – 1 person for 7 billion. And with the world in a mess – looming climate disaster, a refugee crisis in Europe, horrific conflicts in Syria, Yemen, and elsewhere – we need someone up to the job.

In the next few weeks, the process for choosing the next SG (the world’s leader) will seriously ramp up. The current SG was hand-picked behind closed doors by an openly UN-hating lackey of George W. Bush -- and now, yet again, the Security Council will make the appointment without any transparency.

Unless we step in. A massive campaign is already underway to bust open this world-changing secret, and it’s time for us to supercharge it. The demand is this: when it comes to making a decision that will impact our children, our grandchildren, and the future of our planet, knock down the doors of secrecy and let the people in. Sign now to help choose a real leader.

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