Rebeca Grynspan
Costa Rican politician
Photo: Gustavobarreto-un, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
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- 4h ago
UAE nominates Lana Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general after stalled straw polls
The United Arab Emirates nominated Lana Nusseibeh on Wednesday, 21 October, after no candidate escaped a negative vote in the Security Council's latest straw poll. Rebeca Grynspan finished first in that closed-door ballot, held on Friday, 16 October.
- 6d ago
Macky Sall withdraws as all seven UN secretary-general candidates draw veto-holder opposition
Former Senegalese president Macky Sall quit the race on Saturday, 17 October, after the Security Council's straw poll gave no candidate a clear path, with Rebeca Grynspan still ahead.
- Sep 22
António Guterres warns of global division and AI risks in final UN General Assembly address
Opening the 81st General Assembly session in New York, the UN Secretary-General urged multilateral controls on technology and warned that geopolitical fractures have widened into chasms.
