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Chew on this... Bill Clinton as head of UN? From cybertime.net (other included links follow):

Clinton Global Initiative -- June 3, 2005
His recent appointment as the U.N. representative on tsunami relief is the highest-profile example of Clinton's travels and activities abroad. The extent to which the 42nd president has preserved influence even after leaving the White House will be far more obvious in September. That is when a large delegation of world leaders, U.S. politicians, business leaders and celebrities of various stripes will arrive in New York for the first Clinton Global Initiative.

Among those planning to attend are British Prime Minister Tony Blair, King Abdullah of Jordan, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R). Even Rupert Murdoch, whose New York Post and Fox News network are favorite platforms for many of the harshest Clinton critics, plans to be there.
Jimmy Carter, the 39th president, also organized his post-presidency around international endeavors. But, as the upcoming meeting illustrates, Clinton's post-presidency is in many ways without precedent......

The role of Ira Magaziner also reflects the theme of second chances. He was famous as the policy architect of the 1993-1994 health care initiative, one of Clinton's most extravagant failures. These days, Magaziner is working nearly full time on the Clinton Foundation's policy programs. [ Ed : money - raising ] He said Clinton has a stature that allows him to draw attention to AIDS treatment and issues that most people never could

Clinton is highly popular, European commentators said
Asked about Clinton's dream of heading the United Nations, [ Helmut ] Kohl said: "I do not know if Bill wishes to go to the United Nations. If he wants, I would support him."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/31/AR2005053101825_pf.html

Bill Clinton to run the UN ? Oct. 23, 2004
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41038

Bill Clinton, Secretary General of the UN ? Feb. 19, 2003
That's the word according to a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review columnist who reports a "major international move" is afoot to help install the ex-CEO of the most powerful nation as the CEO of the most powerful world body – the United Nations. Sunday's "Dateline D.C." column, which the paper says is written by a Washington-based British journalist and political observer, named no names but cited reports that Clinton had already lined up support for his candidacy for the secretary-general position from Germany, France, England, Ireland, New Zealand, a handful of African states, Morocco and Egypt. The Tribune-Review also reports Russia has made it known it would not object and added that China is also a big fan of the former president.

Clinton stressed the need for abiding by international law
In addition to increasing his visibility in the media, Clinton is taking a cue from his Democratic predecessor former President Jimmy Carter and conducting international diplomacy.
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=31099

Secretary-General Clinton ?
Early in the fall, ... the U.N. General Assembly may select a new secretary-general . Kofi Annan is under pressure to resign before the end of his second term in 2006. If he does, the General Assembly, on the recommendation of the U.N. Security Council, will approve a replacement.
Over the years, there have been secretaries-general from Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa, but never from North America. Add to that fact the interesting detail that the U.N.'s towering Secretariat Building on Turtle Bay (First Avenue and 42nd Street to New Yorkers) is more than 50 years old, crumbling and is overdue for rebuilding. That takes money -- the kind of money only the long-suffering U.S. taxpayer can give, plus a cash-grabbing fund-raiser.
Add one more fascinating fact: a well-known (notorious to most of us) American is looking for the secretary-general's job -- William Jefferson Clinton.
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/tri...c/s_118230.html