Grossi and the UAE candidate were not the first to succeed Guterres as the race for UN Secretary-General intensified; Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, former Vice President of Costa Rica, remained in the lead in the UN Security Council's informal straw poll, with Rafael Grossi coming in second. Grynspan, the leading candidate so far, received 11 votes in favor and four against, the best result in seven rounds of voting in recent months. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, received nine votes in favor, four against, and two abstentions. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana's UN representative, came in third with eight votes in favor, six against, and one abstention. Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE candidate to succeed António Guterres, received seven "encouraging" votes, six "discouraging" votes, and two "no opinion" votes, ranking fourth.

Grossi and the UAE candidate were not the first to succeed Guterres as the race for UN Secretary-General intensified; Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, former Vice President of Costa Rica, remained in the lead in the UN Security Council's informal straw poll, with Rafael Grossi coming in second. Grynspan, the leading candidate so far, received 11 votes in favor and four against, the best result in seven rounds of voting in recent months. Rafael Grossi, Director General of the IAEA, received nine votes in favor, four against, and two abstentions. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana's UN representative, came in third with eight votes in favor, six against, and one abstention. Lana Nusseibeh, the UAE candidate to succeed António Guterres, received seven "encouraging" votes, six "discouraging" votes, and two "no opinion" votes, ranking fourth.