Rodrigues-Birkett, UN Leadership Hopeful: “Not Choosing a Woman Would Send a Very Negative Message”
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Rodrigues-Birkett, UN leadership hopeful: “Not choosing a woman would send a very negative message”
Guyana’s ambassador to the UN, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, one of the best-placed candidates to succeed António Guterres at the head of the organisation, has warned that not choosing a woman “would send a very negative message to the world”, in an interview with the newspaper El País published on the day the Security Council holds its first informal colour-coded straw poll, which reveals whether any of the five permanent members opposes each candidate.
On the eve of another informal vote by the Security Council of the United Nations (UN) to choose the new Secretary-General of the institution, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, a candidate nominated by Guyana, who appears in third place, says she is ready to work with the United States. Permanent member of the Council, the country, under the presidency of Donald Trump, has been a fierce critic of organization and multilateralism in general. Exclusive m…
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