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UN Secy. Gen. post: No decision yet, says China
The Chinese government has not made up its mind on whom it would support as the next UN Secretary General despite previous reports originating from Thailand and Malaysia that China has expressed its clear stance to support Thai Deputy Prime Minister Surakiart Sathirathai for the post, a Chinese embassy spokesperson told The Sunday Times.

"We will take into consideration the role played by Sri Lanka when we take our decision", the spokesperson said. She was reacting to a Malaysian News Agency Bernama report which quoted a Thai News Agency report saying China had clearly expressed its stance to support the Thai Deputy premier for the top UN post.

"But, it is clear that it will be definitely supporting a candidate from Asia", she added. The earlier news report said that Beijing had made its stand known at the ASEAN ministerial meeting held in Kyoto, Japan on May 6 on the sidelines of the seventh Asia-Europe Foreign Minister's meeting.

Head of Sri Lanka's Government Peace Secretariat and former UN Under Secretary General Jayantha Dhanapala is Sri Lanka's nominee for the Secretary General’s post.

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