Costa Rica’s Grynspan extends lead in informal UN chief poll, sources say
- On Friday, former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan extended her lead in the race to become the 10th UN secretary-general, securing 11 positive votes in an informal United Nations Security Council straw poll.
- Grynspan remains the frontrunner to replace Antonio Guterres, who finishes his second five-year term this year, with Friday's result marking her strongest showing in seven closed-door ballots conducted in recent months.
- While Grynspan received 11 votes, she faced four "discourage" votes; Rafael Grossi of Argentina finished second with nine "encourage" votes, and United Arab Emirates diplomat Lana Nusseibeh received seven "encourage" votes.
- Despite the lead, Grynspan's nomination remains uncertain because candidates must avoid a "discourage" vote from any of the five permanent Security Council members: China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
- The next secretary-general must take office by Dec. 31, when Guterres's second five-year term concludes, facing multiple crises including several wars and cutbacks in American contributions to the 193-member body.
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The former vice-president of Costa Rica remains in pole position to become the next boss of the UN without obtaining full consent; the Gulf candidate did not succeed in breaking through in this first indicative vote since she entered the race, and while the future secretary-general is due to take office on 1 January 2027.
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PentapostagmaGrossi gets nine, Nusseibeh gets seven in her first appearance - Compared to the previous informal vote, Greenspan increased her positive votes from nine to eleven and reduced her negative votes from five to four.
Former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan has extended her lead in the race to be the next UN secretary-general. In an informal test vote by the Security Council on Friday, the 70-year-old economist achieved her best result yet in the closed-door selection process to find a successor to António Guterres, who is ending his second five-year term this year.
Costa Rican former president Rebeca Grynspan was again in the first place on Friday in the seventh informal vote of the United Nations Security Council in the race for the general secretariat of the agency, while the new Emirati candidate obtained a disappointing result.
In the seventh round of voting there were nine endorsements, four rejections and two “no opinion”.The votes of the five members of the Security Council were not distinguished with different color ballots.
The new Emirati candidate, Lanna Nusseibeh, was disappointed in her first informal vote after obtaining only 7 out of 15 votes in the race for leading the UN and staying away from Grynspan.
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