Slovenian Ex-president Turk Bids for Un Secretary-general

Former Slovenian president Danilo Turk won on Thursday the approval of the cabinet to bid for the 2017-2021 post of Secretary-General of the United Nations, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Turk will have "adequate support" from the government during his candidacy for the top post of the United Nations, the Slovenian Government Communication Office said in a press release.

Turk, born in February 1952, served as Slovenia's ambassador between 1992 and 2000, and then as UN Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs from 2000 to 2005.

He became president of Slovenia in December 2007, and held the presidency until the end of 2012.

Under the UN Charter, candidates for UN Secretary-General are put forward by geographical groups rather than individual countries.

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