The latest Trans Tasman talks about the rumour that the PM might go for the top job at the ILO. It suggests that the campaign would need to be well underway by now and that the PM would not stand a good chance because the incumbent is also from the Southern Hemisphere.
We agree with both points, but note that talk of Clark for the job came from the ILO and that there are people in the organisation who would love to have a person of such high profile in the top job, so geography would probably be overridden by mana.
That said, the PM would need to be campaigning very soon, if not already. Unless she resigns or is dumped in the next few days, we can't see there being enough time for a campaign to be mounted.
The next big UN job coming up appears to be UNEP.
