Guyana’s Rodrigues Birkett leads informal poll in race to be next UN leader
The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) conducted its second non-binding straw poll on Friday in the race to select the next UN secretary-general, with Guyana’s Ambassador Carolyn Rodrigues Birkett emerging as the frontrunner ahead of seven other declared candidates.
Current UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been in the position since 2017, but his second five-year term ends on December 31.
While there is no formal limit on the number of terms a secretary-general can serve, no one has served more than two.
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