Interview
Candidate for Top U.N. Job Sets Out Vision for Reform: An Interview with Jayantha Dhanapala
by CURE
By Ayca Ariyoruk
With the term of Secretary General Kofi Annan set to expire at the end of 2006, aspirants for the job are beginning to present their qualifications. Among them is Jayantha Dhanapala, an expert in international arms control, one of only two candidates to have officially received their country's endorsement for the post. In an interview with Center Research Fellow Ayca Ariyoruk on January 7, 2006, Dhanapala said "there is a lot that is right about the U.N. We have to preserve what is right while fixing what is not."