UNSC deadlocked over election of next Secretary-General
The election for the next secretary-general is deadlocked, with the top three candidates getting two negative votes each from permanent members and only 76 days left for a new leader to succeed Antonio Guterres. In the straw poll held on Friday (local time), UNCTAD head Rebecca Grynspan, with nine overall positive votes, was slightly ahead of former Guyana Foreign Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birket and International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi, all of whom got two negative votes from permanent members. This was the sixth round of anonymous, informal voting in the…
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