Race for UN Secretary-General Heats Up as Rebeca Grynspan Leads
Grynspan got 10 encouragement votes and no clear rival in the Security Council’s first informal round, giving Costa Rica early momentum.
- On Thursday, Costa Rican diplomat Rebeca Grynspan emerged as the early frontrunner to replace United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, securing the strongest support in the Security Council's first informal straw poll.
- The 15-member Security Council conducts secret, non-binding ballots to evaluate candidates, asking members whether they "encourage," "discourage," or have "no opinion" on each contender in a process expected to continue for months.
- Grynspan received 10 "encourage" votes, one "discourage" vote, and four "no opinion" votes, surpassing former Guyanese Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett with nine and U.N. nuclear watchdog head Rafael Grossi with seven.
- Although Thursday's result gives Grynspan momentum, the contest remains open to new candidates, and a single veto from one of the Council's five permanent members could eventually block her candidacy.
- Candidates are vying to replace Guterres when he steps down at the end of this year, facing pressure to navigate global crises and appoint the first woman to lead the United Nations.
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The UN Security Council held a first trial vote on the successor of Secretary-General Guterres.
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Jewish News SyndicateJewish candidate for top UN post wins initial Security Council straw poll
Rebeca Grynspan, of Costa Rica, is the daughter of Holocaust refugees and has ties to Israel but is deeply embedded in the global body system, which has a long history of Jew-hatred.
To succeed UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. A woman is currently a favorite.
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Straws in wind: Shashi Tharoor on secret UNSC straw poll triggering Veto drama for next UN chief - The Tribune
Commenting on the high-stakes global race to choose the next United Nations Secretary-General, Congress leader and former UN diplomat Shashi Tharoor, in a post on X, questioned hanging over New York is whether that sole negative vote was cast by one of the Permanent Five (P-5)--the United States, China, Russia, France, or the United Kingdom. If cast by a P-5 member, a single 'discourage' ballot functions as a lethal de facto veto.
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