António Guterres’s second term as UN secretary-general ends this December.
A successor is already being chosen, and by January the world will have a new man or woman occupying the most consequential unelected office on earth.
Every profile of every candidate will ask the same predictable questions: temperament, diplomatic experience, regional bloc, whether it is finally a woman’s turn.
Almost none will ask the only question that actually matters. Will this person apply one standard, or two?
The UN’s own record answers what it has been doing so far.
AFSI Insight
The next UN Secretary-General should be judged by whether the UN applies one consistent standard to every country—including Israel. The article highlights the stark disparity in UN resolutions and Human Rights Council actions targeting Israel compared with other countries. AFSI has long criticized this institutional double standard and believes the UN must end its disproportionate focus on Israel and return to principles of fairness, consistency, and equal treatment.