Kristalina Georgieva

The United Nations General Assembly is to conduct an informal dialogue with European Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva on Monday, days after the latter was nominated by Bulgaria for the UN's top job.

An informal dialogue with Bulgaria's new candidate for the top UN post will take place at UN headquarters on Monday, Peter Thomson, president of the 71st session of the UN General Assembly, announced on September 29.

EU Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva has said she will do her best in the race to become UN Secretary General, despite the narrow deadlines she has to meet.

In an interview with daily Standart due to be published on Monday, as she appears before the UN General Assembly, she has admitted to being aware the race would be tough, given her late entry.

The official Bulgarian candidate for UN Secretary General Kristalina Georgieva has published her vision of the activity of the leader of the world organisation on the website of the United Nations Association in Bulgaria.

Georgieva states that the voice of the Secretary General must be heard constantly on a global scale and he/she must insist on action with respect to climate change.

Russia and Ukraine are among a few of the countries that have raised questions regarding the Bulgarian nomination of European Commissioner Kristalina Georgieva for UN Secretary General, announced Radio Free Europe.

The decision of the Bulgarian government to change the nomination of the country for the post UN Secretary General had nothing to do with Russia, stated on Friday the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry Mariya Zaharova, cited by BNT.

The new nominee of the Bulgarian government for UN Secretary General has been registered officially as the 13th candidate to succeed Ban Ki-moon in the international organisation.

Kristalina Georgieva's name and her brief concept of how she imagines the tasks of the organisation have been published on the official webpage of the UN.

Bulgaria's new UN chief nominee Kristalina Georgieva has said she is "relentless" and that makes her better placed than António Guterres, the fontrunner in the informal votes among UN Security Council members.

The remark follows her video statement in which he accepts the government's nomination.

UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova has said she will "continue the race" to head the United Nations.

She has used the Twitter account of her campaign that was created back in the spring, after the she was officially proposed for the office.

Grateful to you all who support me and fully committed to continue the race for #NextSG! @She4SG

EU Commission Vice President Kristalina Georgieva has said she accepts the nomination of Bulgaria's government for UN Secretary General.