UN chief race: Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan leads fourth Security Council straw poll
The UN Security Council held a fourth secret straw poll on Tuesday in the increasingly consequential race to choose the organisation’s next Secretary General , with Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan widening her lead . “The fourth round of straw polls has taken place,” France 's UN ambassador, Jerome Bonnafont, council president for September, told reporters without disclosing the outcome. Diplomats…
The United Nations Security Council conducted a fourth secret straw poll on Tuesday, intensifying the competition to decide the organization's next Secretary-General. Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan, a former vice president and current leader of the UN Conference on Trade and Development, widened her lead, receiving ten "encourage" votes in the latest poll.
Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Argentina's Rafael Grossi followed closely with eight "encourage" votes each. The candidates must also secure approval from the council's five permanent members, who can block any nominee. Experts suggest that a technocratic candidate may be more willing to challenge governments, a crucial quality as the UN has never been led by a woman in its 81-year history.
The council will use color-coded ballots to reveal whether candidates receive opposition from any of the five permanent members, with the final recommendation made to the General Assembly for appointment.
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