Russia Says UN Secretary-General Selection Will Dominate UN Corridors This Week
Russian diplomat Kirill Logvinov said three rounds of indicative Security Council votes have still not clarified which of eight candidates is the most acceptable choice for the next UN Secretary-General.
The selection of the next United Nations Secretary-General is expected to be a key topic of discussion in UN corridors this week, according to Russia's Foreign Ministry.
Kirill Logvinov said that three rounds of "indicative" votes held so far in the UN Security Council have not made clear which of the eight candidates currently in contention is viewed as the most acceptable choice for the post.
The process of selecting a UN Secretary-General typically involves informal straw polls within the Security Council before a formal recommendation is made to the wider General Assembly, which then votes to confirm the appointment. The involvement of the five permanent, veto-wielding Security Council members — the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom and France — often makes the process politically sensitive, since any one of them can block a candidate.
Logvinov's remarks suggest continued uncertainty among Council members about a frontrunner despite the multiple rounds of indicative voting already conducted, a situation not unusual in past Secretary-General selection processes, which have sometimes required extended deliberation before consensus emerged.
No timeline was given for when a formal recommendation might be expected, or which of the eight candidates Russia itself favors for the position.
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- Selection of UN Secretary-General to be key topic in UN corridors this week — Russian MFA — TASS (Russia)
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