Bulgaria had another candidate for the post on UN Secretary General — Irina Bokova, Director-General of the UNESCO children's fund. Even though Bokova was put forward first, while Georgieva joined in only on September 28, only Georgieva had the official support of the Bulgarian government.
"She [Georgieva] was presented in some places as the official candidate of the European Union. It caused quite a confusion among some members of the Security Council, but eventually it turned against Georgieva," Lajcak said on Friday.
The United Nations Security Council formally recommended Antonio Guterres, former Portuguese prime minister and head of the UN refugee agency, as the world body’s next secretary-general following a unanimous vote on Thursday. Lajcak was in second place.
If approved by the UN General Assembly, Guterres would be the ninth secretary-general, serving from January 2017 through December 2021.
The second term of incumbent UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon expires on December 31, 2016.
