MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Macri said in a statement, as quoted by La Nacion on Friday, that Malcorra’s "diplomatic experience will help bring creative solutions to the challenges facing the organization."
The nomination was formalized through a letter that Argentina’s president sent to President of the UN General Assembly Mogens Lykketoft, and current President of the UN Security Council Amr Abdellatif Aboulatta.
If elected UN Secretary General, Malcorra would be the first woman to assume the position since the United Nations was created in 1945. She is currently the fifth woman among 10 candidates, which include, among others, Helen Clark, the former prime minister of New Zealand and Bulgarian diplomat Irina Bokova.
Current UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will leave the post in December 2016.
