Macky Sall\u2019s bid to succeed United Nations Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres could be in trouble after the Security Council\u2019s first informal straw poll.<\/p>\n
The former President of Senegal received just six votes in favour, with seven against and two abstentions.<\/p>\n
The poll isn\u2019t binding and several other rounds will take place before the final ballot in the autumn.<\/p>\n
Sall finally secured his own country\u2019s support for the job last month after\u00a0Senegal\u2019s President Bassirou Diomaye Faye endorsed his candidacy.<\/p>\n
The country\u2019s ruling Pastef party however still holds Sall responsible for the deaths of 80 people dead during protests in 2021 and 2023.<\/p>\n
Ugandan politician and former UN Deputy Secretary-General Olara Otunnu entered the race at the last minute.\u00a0He secured just two votes in favour, five against and eight abstentions.<\/p>\n
While both candidates remain in the running, Costa Rica\u2019s Rebecca Grynspan, who heads the UN Conference on Trade and Development, is widely seen as the current frontrunner, receiving 10 votes in favour, one against and four abstentions.<\/p>\n
The UN has made no secret of wanting a woman for its next Secretary-General. Many also argue that it\u2019s Latin America\u2019s turn to lead the organisation.<\/p>\n
The other candidates are Chile’s Michelle Bachelet, Ecuador’s Maria Fernanda Espinosa, Rafael Grossi of Argentina and Guyana’s Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett.<\/p>\n
That first straw poll will be followed by an unspecified number of similar votes until one candidate can secure the required nine votes without a veto from any of the five permanent members: the United States, Britain, China, France and Russia.<\/p>\n
The name of the selected candidate will then be sent to the General Assembly for the formal appointment to the position. He or she will take office on January 1, 2027.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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