00:00Former Costa Rican Vice President Rebecca Greenspan has emerged as the frontrunner in the race to become the next UN
00:07Secretary General,
00:08according to sources familiar with the process.
00:11An informal secret poll by the 15-member UN Security Council on Tuesday put Greenspan ahead of the other candidates,
00:18the fourth such poll since July.
00:22Greenspan also led the first and third polls.
00:25While Guyana's UN Ambassador Caroline Rodriguez-Burquette topped the second poll in August.
00:31Seven candidates are now vying to succeed Antonio Guterres after former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet withdrew from the race this
00:39month.
00:40Guterres, a former Portuguese Prime Minister, is due to step down at the end of the year after two five
00:46-year terms.
00:47The race is not yet closed with the possibility that more candidates could enter.
00:52The five permanent members of the Security Council, the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain, will ultimately need to
01:00agree on a candidate.
01:01The Security Council will then formally recommend one candidate to the 193-member General Assembly for election.
01:08When Guterres was chosen in 2016, the Security Council needed six informal polls before reaching an agreement.
01:16December 9, USA, the White House, the execution.ہ
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