PoliticsGuyana’s Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett leads informal poll for next UN secretary-general

Guyana’s ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett led the second non-binding Security Council straw poll with eight “encourage” votes, ahead of seven other declared candidates. The council is working toward consensus before Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’s term ends on December 31.

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