Grossi and the UAE candidate were not the first to succeed Guterres.
🔹 While the competition for the UN Secretary General intensified, Mrs. "Rebecca Greenspan", the former Vice President of Costa Rica, remained in the lead in the unofficial vote of the Security Council, and Rafael Grossi came in second place.
Greenspan, who was the leading candidate so far, received 11 votes in favor and four votes against in the last poll. This is his best result in seven voting rounds in recent months.
Rafael Grossi, the director general of the international agency, received nine votes in favor, four votes against and two abstentions (without comment).
"Caroline Rodríguez-Brackett", the representative of Guyana at the UN, came in third place with eight votes in favor, six votes against and one vote without comment.
Lana Nasiba, the UAE's candidate to succeed Antonio Guterres, received seven "encouraging" votes (for), six "not encouraging" votes (against) and two "no opinion" votes and ranked fourth.