Kevin Rudd given glowing endorsement by Lord Nicholas Stern for top United Nations job

By Latika Bourke
Updated May 3 2016 - 4:23am, first published 3:43am
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has been praised as a 'big picture man' by Lord Nicholas Stern.  Photo: Andrew Meares
Former prime minister Kevin Rudd has been praised as a 'big picture man' by Lord Nicholas Stern. Photo: Andrew Meares
Lord Stern meeting with Mr Rudd in 2007.   Photo: Peter Morris
Lord Stern meeting with Mr Rudd in 2007. Photo: Peter Morris

London: The world would "do very well to have" Kevin Rudd as United Nations Secretary General (UNSG) and "Australia ought to be proud to have him as a candidate," one of the world's leading economists says.