Ramos's sister aims for UN post

Ramos's sister aims for UN post

MANILA (Reuter): Philippine senator Leticia Ramos Shahani is
vying to become the next secretary-general of the United Nations,
the Presidential Palace said in statement yesterday.

President Fidel Ramos said his younger sister had filed her
candidacy for the top UN post while Solicitor General Raul Goco
had applied for a position in the UN International Law
Commission, the Malacanang Palace statement said.

Shahani served as a UN assistant secretary general for six
years before her election as senator in 1987. She also served as
the country's ambassador to Rumania, the former East Germany and
Australia.

The current UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali's five-
year term ends this year and the United States has said it was
prepared to use its veto to replace him with someone who will
reform the world body.

If the 73 year-old Egyptian diplomat does leave his post,
African nations, backed by China, insist another African replace
him.