This man remains relatively unknown for the public opinion : he’s the U.N.'s under secretary for humanitarian affairs. His name is Jan Egeland, if that doesn’t sound familiar to you, he still has a very good reputation among the humanitarian world because of his incredible engagement in the Darfur’s conflict. In the middle of the deafening silence of the world about the Sudanese issue, Mr Egeland was one of the first to alert the opinion of the genocide which was going on there.

Anyone who had a chance to attend a press conference given by Jan Egeland remembers his energy, his determination. There’s something rotten in the kingdom of the UN, and Egeland denounces it. Whereas the Security Council has to deal with China’s connection with Karthoum which blocks any resolution, Egeland tells what he thinks to who deserves it.

This is exactly why he couldn’t be Secretary General. Beside the fact he’s not Asian.

The first United Nations Secretary General, Trygve Lie, once described the job of SG as being “the most impossible one” on Earth. I bet there are others harder, but for sure, the SG has to think twice before he under means any reproach to any member.

Egeland is excellent on the field. He’s one of the greatest prides of the United Nations, one of the leaders of the Organization’s greatest success. Unfortunately this honesty, this straight-to-the-point way of talking is fundamentally incompatible with the job of SG. You can regret it, but that’s the way it is.