Chile's Bachelet Quits Race to Be Next UN Chief
She ended her campaign after the Security Council gave her 1 encourage vote and 11 discourage votes, leaving the Latin America rotation race in doubt.
- On Sunday, Michelle Bachelet withdrew her candidacy for United Nations secretary-general after receiving one 'encourage' vote and 11 'discourage' votes in the Security Council's third informal straw poll held on Friday.
- UN Watch led a formal campaign scrutinizing Bachelet's four-year human rights record, sending an 11-question letter to Security Council missions documenting her tenure as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.
- The group's findings cited failures to issue stand-alone statements on China's mass detention of Uyghurs, as well as delayed responses to imprisonment of dissidents in Russia and Venezuela.
- Bachelet's exit leaves seven candidates in the race to succeed 77-year-old Antonio Guterres, who completes his term on December 31, with frontrunners Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana.
- No woman has led the United Nations in its 80-year history, and only one Latin American, Javier Perez de Cuellar of Peru, has served as secretary-general, illustrating persistent barriers to breaking established patterns.
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António Guterres is no longer allowed to take up office after two terms of office – the Uno needs a new Secretary-General. A highly respected candidate now withdrew after a trial vote in the Security Council.
The former President of Chile left the competition for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations after her current President, on the far right, gave up her support and reduced her chances of winning.
Michelle Bachelet believes she contributed to the spread of the belief that a woman from Latin America should succeed Antonio Guterres.
Chilean Michelle Bachelet withdraws her candidacy after disappointing trial votes. Three Latin American women remain in the race for the highest office of the United Nations.
The former President of Chile, Michel Bachelet, announced yesterday evening, Saturday, that her candidacy for the post of Secretary-General of the United Nations had been withdrawn, stressing that her candidacy had contributed to the debate on the need for a Latin American woman to take the lead in the international organization.
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