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Türkiye's Sinirlioğlu debuts with 3 votes as Grynspan widens UN race lead
Türkiye's candidate for UN secretary-general, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, drew three encourage votes and eight discourage votes in his first Security Council straw poll, while Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan posted her best result yet.
Türkiye's candidate for United Nations secretary-general, Feridun Sinirlioğlu, drew three "encourage" votes in his first Security Council straw poll on Nov. 5, while Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan widened her lead in the race to succeed António Guterres.
Eight of the Council's 15 members voted to "discourage" Sinirlioğlu, the secretary general of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), and four expressed "no opinion," according to results reported by PassBlue and The National. Ankara formally nominated the former foreign minister and longtime UN ambassador on Oct. 30.
Grynspan gains ground
Grynspan received 12 encourage votes and three discourage votes, her strongest showing so far, up from 11 encouragements on Oct. 30. Argentina's Rafael Grossi, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, stayed second at 9-4-2, followed by Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett at 8-5-2 and the United Arab Emirates' Lana Nusseibeh at 7-6-2.
Uganda's Olara Otunnu (4-9-2), Ecuador's María Fernanda Espinosa (3-10-2) and Ivonne A-Baki (1-14) trailed the field.
Unclear who voted no
The ballots were not color-coded, so the results do not show whether any discouraging votes came from the five veto-holding permanent members: the United States, China, Russia, Britain and France. PassBlue reported speculation that the United States, and possibly Russia, cast the votes against Grynspan.
Russia restated that the next secretary-general should come from Latin America and the Caribbean. Kirill Logvinov, who heads the Russian Foreign Ministry's department of international organizations, told TASS that Moscow would look at candidates from other regions only if no Latin American contender clears the straw polls.
A candidate needs at least nine votes and no veto in the Council's formal vote before the 193-member General Assembly makes the appointment. Guterres's second term ends Dec. 31.
Next steps for Sinirlioğlu
Sinirlioğlu is scheduled to take questions from member states in an informal dialogue at the General Assembly on Nov. 6, followed by a closed-door meeting with Council members on Nov. 9. No date has been set for the next straw poll.
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