Race for UN Secretary General

"I solemnly swear to exercise in all loyalty, discretion and conscience the functions entrusted to me as Secretary-General of the United Nations, to discharge these functions and regulate my conduct with the interests of the United Nations only in view, and not to seek or accept instructions in regard to the performance of my duties from any Government or other authority external to the Organisation."

- UNSG Oath of Office

Ban Ki-moon
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade, South Korea

Education:
Feb 1970 graduated from Department of International Relations, Seoul National University
Apr1985 Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University



Shashi Tharoor
Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information UN

Education:
Initial education in Bombay, Calcutta and Delhi (B.A. in History, St.Stephens College)
Ph.D. from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University



Jayantha Dhanapala
Former Under-Secretary-General for Disarmament and former Secretary-General of the Sri Lankan Peace process

Education:
BA (Honors) degree from the University of Peradeniya in Sri LankaMA (International Studies) degree from the American Chinese at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London



Surakiart Sathirathai
Deputy Prime Minister and Former Foreign Minister, Thailand

Education:
Law & International economics in US: LLM from Harvard University
MALD Fletcher School of Law & Diplomacy,Tuffs University


Given above are the candidates in race for the UN General Secretary.
While their work of the years has been recognized and they have been nominated, not many know about their education background.
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