Portugal’s former PM maintains lead in informal polls for UNSG

Portugal’s former premier Antonio Guterres maintained his lead in the second round of informal polls held here to elect the next UN Secretary General, even as hopes appear to fade for a woman to be elected for the first time as the world’s top diplomat.

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Published:6th Aug, 2016 at 11:03 PM

New York

The powerful 15-nation UN Security Council held the second round of so-called straw polls on Friday. Diplomats said Guterres led the pack of 11 contenders, garnering 11 ‘encouraging’ votes for his candidacy, two ‘discouraging’ and two expressing ‘no opinion’ on it.

Guterres, who had served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees for 10 years, had emerged as the front-runner in the first straw poll that was conducted last month.

Guterres was followed by Slovenia’s former president Danilo Turk and Bulgaria’s Irina Bokova, who serves as UNESCO Director-General in the first round.

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Portugal’s former PM maintains lead in informal polls for UNSG

Portugal’s former premier Antonio Guterres maintained his lead in the second round of informal polls held here to elect the next UN Secretary General, even as hopes appear to fade for a woman to be elected for the first time as the world’s top diplomat.

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