UN holds second informal poll for next leader
- The United Nations Security Council meets Friday to hold a straw poll gauging support for candidates vying to lead the organization as the field of contenders grows.
- Tradition suggests the Secretary-General role should rotate to Latin America, though candidates from the region face competition from African contenders Macky Sall and Olara Otunnu.
- Member states anonymously assign labels of "encourage," "discourage," or "no opinion," providing candidates informal signals regarding campaign viability.
- Candidates must secure nine votes from the 15 available Security Council members while avoiding a veto from Britain, China, France, Russia, or the United States.
- Russian ambassador Vassily Nebenzia said Thursday, "If there is a deadlock on any of the candidates we are seeing today, if nobody... flies, then I think that we may see other candidates as well.
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On Friday, 21 August, the Security Council will again vote to appoint the next head of the United Nations. Five women and three men are competing to succeed Portugueseman Antonio Guterres, who will finish his second five-year term on 31 December.
Costa Rican Rebeca Grynspan had come out ahead of the 8 candidates declared so far in a first indicative vote on 30 July. "Liberation" took stock of the suitors to the succession of Portuguese António Guterres.
The UN Security Council meets for a second indicative voting session to separate the eight candidates running to succeed Antonio Guterres The UN Security Council meets
The UN Security Council meets on Friday for a second "indicative vote" to appoint the future Secretary-General, in a context of deep divisions within the institution. ...
Rebeca Grynspan arrives as a favorite to the second informal vote of the Security Council to choose the next secretary general of the UN.
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