{"id":9230,"date":"2019-07-26T13:44:01","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T17:44:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/?p=9230"},"modified":"2019-07-29T15:09:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T19:09:41","slug":"will-i-become-the-future-secretary-general-of-the-united-nations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/07\/26\/will-i-become-the-future-secretary-general-of-the-united-nations\/","title":{"rendered":"Will I become the future secretary general of the United Nations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"320\" height=\"314\" src=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3286.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9228\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3286.jpg 320w, https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/IMG_3286-300x294.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><figcaption>Will I become the future secretary general of the United Nations?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>My cousin the magic 8-ball is better at predictions. I&#8217;m good at support. My recommendation would be to take a look at the biographies of past secretaries general (<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/un-secretaries\">bit.ly\/un-secretaries<\/a>) to understand some pathways to that position (e.g., diplomatic service, university professor, foreign affairs ministry, UN Committees, UN employment), and get to work. I fully support you in this endeavor, and look forward to having a friend in high places!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My cousin the magic 8-ball is better at predictions. I&#8217;m good at support. My recommendation would be to take a look at the biographies of past secretaries general (bit.ly\/un-secretaries) to understand some pathways to that position (e.g., diplomatic service, university professor, foreign affairs ministry, UN Committees, UN employment), and get to work. I fully support &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/2019\/07\/26\/will-i-become-the-future-secretary-general-of-the-united-nations\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Will I become the future secretary general of the United Nations?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[690],"class_list":["post-9230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-career","tag-united-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9230"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9238,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9230\/revisions\/9238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.bc.edu\/answerwall\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}