The race for UN Secretary-General: The Jewish candidate gains strength

Rebecca Greenspan of Costa Rica leads the seventh straw poll for UN Secretary-General candidacy with 11 votes. Turkey has entered the race with former Foreign Minister Sinirlioğlu. Greenspan is the daughter of Holocaust survivors.

The candidate from Costa Rica, Rebecca Greenspan, continues to lead the race for the position of UN Secretary-General. In a seventh straw poll conducted among Security Council members, Greenspan garnered 11 votes of support, her best result so far, with only four objections. In second place came IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi of Argentina with nine votes. Lana Nusseibeh, former UAE ambassador, settled for fourth place with seven votes. Meanwhile, Turkey added to the race Feridun Sinirlioğlu, former Turkish foreign minister, in a move personally advanced by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Greenspan is the daughter of Holocaust survivors who immigrated to Costa Rica, and previously headed the UN Conference on Trade and Development, which published critical reports toward Israel. The article notes that the winner's identity will be determined by the ability to navigate the conflicting interests of the great powers.