Selecting Silence? – The 2026 Secretary-General Election and Moral Authority: Competing Sites of Moral Authority in Global Governance

Key Points

• This research explores how moral authority is negotiated and contested in the context of the 2026 Secretary-General election.
• Qualitative analysis of political discourse regarding the election
• Examination of moral authority's role in global governance
• Identified multiple competing sites of moral authority influencing the election
• Analyzed the implications of silence and rhetoric in moral decision-making