Costa Rica’s Grynspan Narrowly Ahead in Race to Be Next UN Chief, Sources Say
The 15-member council’s informal vote showed Rebeca Grynspan leading as the field narrowed to seven candidates.
- On Tuesday, the United Nations Security Council's fourth informal poll placed Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the frontrunner in the contest to become the 10th UN secretary-general, sources close to the process said.
- Seven candidates are vying to succeed Antonio Guterres, who steps down at the end of this year after two five-year terms; the race narrowed this month after Chilean President Michelle Bachelet withdrew her candidacy.
- While Grynspan led the first and third polls, an August count placed Guyana's Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett in the top spot, following world leader gatherings at the General Assembly in New York last week.
- Ultimately, the five Security Council veto powers—the United States, China, Russia, France, and Britain—must agree on a candidate, just as it took six straw polls to choose Guterres in 2016.
- The Security Council will eventually formally recommend a candidate to the 193-member General Assembly for election, though it remains possible for more candidates to enter the race before a final decision is reached.
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The Straits TimesCosta Rica's Grynspan narrowly ahead in race to be next UN chief, sources say
UNITED NATIONS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - An informal poll by the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday placed former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan as the frontrunner in the contest to become the 10th UN secretary-general, sources close to the process said.
Rebeca Grynspan is currently leading the UN Security Council's endorsement of the General Secretariat. These are the scenarios before the election.
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Rebeca Grynspan returns to be first in voting for the General Secretariat of the UN San José, 29 Sep (elmundo.cr) – The candidacy of Costa Rican Rebeca Grynspan to succeed António Guterres in the General Secretariat of the United Nations (UN) maintains its momentum after a new day of consultations in the Security Council. Costa Rican economist, who currently leads the United Nations Conference on Trade [...] Edmundo El Mundo CR
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