An UN idol?

Sir, when you say in relation to the procedure of appointing a Secretary General in the United Nations that this is “No way to choose the world’s top diplomat” (October 2) you are absolutely right. The problem though is that no other procedure, except perhaps having the whole world’s population cast their votes simultaneously on the web, which is something we should strive for because at least it puts us in the right direction and which also, with today’s technological progress, is not really that farfetched as it seems.

Meanwhile, as a temporary stopgap alternative, maybe the world should come up with 15 suitable candidates, and then leave it formally to a lottery, which in fact is what it always has and always will be.