Political career Miroslav Lajčák
1 political career
1.1 diplomatic career
1.2 minister of foreign affairs
1.3 united nations secretary-general selection
political career
diplomatic career
until fall of communism in czechoslovakia member of communist party. joined czechoslovak foreign ministry in 1988. between 1991 , 1993 lajčák posted czechoslovak , subsequently slovak embassy in moscow. slovakia’s ambassador japan between 1994 , 1998. between 1993 , 1994 served chef de cabinet of slovakia’s foreign minister , later prime minister, jozef moravčík. between 2001 , 2005, lajčák based in belgrade slovakia’s ambassador federal republic of yugoslavia (later serbia , montenegro), albania , republic of macedonia. eu s supervisor 2006 montenegrin independence referendum.
on 30 june 2007 lajčák became high representative bosnia , herzegovina/eu special representative bosnia , herzegovina succeeding christian schwarz-schilling post. kept post until march 2009.
minister of foreign affairs
on 26 january 2009 lajčák became foreign minister of slovakia in fico s first cabinet, until july 2010.
in december 2010 appointed managing director russia, eastern neighbourhood , western balkans in eu s external action service. served until april 2012.
in april 2012 named, independent, foreign minister , deputy prime minister in fico s second cabinet. lajčák mentioned possible candidate seek post of new united nations secretary-general after term of ban ki-moon, south korea, expires.
united nations secretary-general selection
miroslav lajčák officially submitted secretary general candidature on may 27, 2016 , became official slovakian candidate 2016 un secretary-general selection.
an issue united nations has been criticized on sexual exploitation , abuse un peacekeepers. gross problem brought light after anders kompass exposed sexual assault of children peacekeepers in central african republic. in vision statement, lajčák has expressed has 0 tolerance policy on sexual violence , abuse peacekeepers against civilian populations must. such violations must investigated , perpetrators brought justice. when asked in informal dialogues how peacekeeping operations strengthened, said there have been 3 independent reviews produced number of recommendations turned concrete resolutions of security council, of general assembly, , have implement. has consistently stressed importance of zero-tolerance policy sexual exploitation , assault peacekeepers, every question asked in informal dialogues. lajčák believes zero-tolerance people can trust united nations.
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