Arora Akanksha
Arora Akanksha (born July 31, 1986) is an Indo-Canadian auditor and United Nations official. She has been an audit coordinator for the United Nations Development Programme since 2017. In February 2021, she announced her candidacy to challenge incumbent UN Secretary-General António Guterres in the 2021 United Nations leadership selection. She is the first millennial candidate for the position and the first known candidate to challenge an incumbent. She believes that the UN is wasteful and paternalistic, and that the organisation is not accomplishing its mission. She has taken a leave of absence from her work as a UN auditor to work on the campaign,
Former UN official Edward Mortimer said of her candidacy, "I'm sure she has no chance, and equally sure that she knows that", but that her campaign was a way to show her dissatisfaction with how the UN operates.
Former UN official Edward Mortimer said of her candidacy, "I'm sure she has no chance, and equally sure that she knows that", but that her campaign was a way to show her dissatisfaction with how the UN operates.
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