UN Holds Second Informal Poll for Next Leader
- The UN Security Council will hold a second informal straw poll on Friday to assess candidates for the next UN leader.
- Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan led after the first secret informal vote involving all 15 Security Council members, including the five with veto power.
- Candidates include Argentina's Rafael Grossi, Chile's Michelle Bachelet, Ecuador's Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Uganda's Olara Otunnu, and Senegal's Macky Sall.
- Candidates must receive at least nine votes without a veto from any of the five major powers, who are currently deeply divided, and members label candidates as 'encourage', 'discourage', or 'no opinion' anonymously.
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The vote is held in a context where the United Nations struggles to influence several conflicts.
UN Security Council tests contenders in race for next secretary-general
The Security Council will hold another straw poll Friday for UN leadership contenders. Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan led the first informal vote among members. Argentina's Rafael Grossi and Chile's Michelle Bachelet are also candidates. Veto powers may delay their preferences, and new contenders could emerge. This poll aims to provide direction for the ongoing Secretary-General selection process.
Chile's former President Michelle Bachelet (2006-2010 and 2014-2018), one of the candidates for the post of Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), published a message this Wednesday in which . This, a few days after a new informal - non-binding - election took place in the high-ranking race. The former President continues reading "Bachelet seeks to reaffirm itself to days of new informal election at the UN and aims to "build bridges"" The…
Second Security Council Straw Poll on UN Secretary-General Candidates
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An important day will take place this Friday, August 21, former President Michelle Bachelet, in the middle of the race to elect the next person who will head the General Secretariat of the United Nations (UN). This Friday will be the second informal poll in the United Nations Security Council. The ex-mandator will try to reverse the fourth place obtained in the first poll, which was held at the end of July. On that occasion, Bachelet received si…
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