https://pressclub.us/tags/secretary-general/ Recent content in Secretary-General on Press Club US Hugo -- gohugo.io en-us Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pressclub.us/un-secretary-general-race-rodrigues-birkett-takes-the-lead-while-grossi-collects-discourage-votes/ Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://pressclub.us/un-secretary-general-race-rodrigues-birkett-takes-the-lead-while-grossi-collects-discourage-votes/ Status Two informal straw polls have been held in the Security Council on the succession to António Guterres, whose second five-year term expires on 31 December. Neither produced a candidate with nine encourage votes, the threshold that would signal a Council majority. The declared field has doubled since March, from four candidates to eight. The lead changed hands between the first poll and the second. The successor takes office on 1 January 2027.