Latvian President Touted To Head UN

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, future UN secretary-general? (file photo) (CTK)
Sept 16, 2006 -- The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have proposed the president of Latvia as a candidate for the position of secretary-general of the United Nations.

Vaira Vike-Freiberga would be the first woman to lead the organization, but is seen as an outside contender to replace Kofi Annan, who steps down on December 31.

(Reuters)

Latvian President Touted To Head UN

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, future UN secretary-general? (file photo) (CTK)Sept 16, 2006 -- The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have proposed the president of Latvia as a candidate for the position of secretary-general of the United Nations.

Vaira Vike-Freiberga, future UN secretary-general? (file photo) (CTK)
Sept 16, 2006 -- The Baltic states of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia have proposed the president of Latvia as a candidate for the position of secretary-general of the United Nations.