World IN BRIEF : AFRICA : 6 Seek U.N. Post of Secretary General
Africa has formally submitted the names of six candidates for the post of United Nations secretary general, currently held by Javier Perez de Cuellar. The six are: Egyptian Deputy Prime Minister Butros Butros Ghali, Zimbabwe’s Finance Minister Bernard Chidzero, Kenneth Dadzie of Ghana, secretary general of the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development; James Jonah of Sierra Leone, U.N. undersecretary general for special political questions; former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo, and former Culture Minister Nguema Francois Owono of Gabon.
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