We are waiting for you, Madam General-Secretary

 

This photo is more than symbolic. Depicted women are participants of the 59th session of the Commission on the Status of Women and there are photos of all UN General-Secretaries on the wall. As it is known during 70 -year – history of the organization General-Secretaries were only men. De jure it was due to the requirements of the charter according to which UN leader should be a man. De facto it is the result of male chauvinism which ruled the world for centuries.

 

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