Guyana ex-minister leads in 2nd straw poll for UN chief

Guyanese ex-foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett narrowly led the second round of the informal process to pick the next UN chief, a diplomatic source and specialist media said Friday.Guyana ex-minister leads in 2nd straw poll for UN chiefCosta Rica's Rebeca Grynspan was the front-runner last month when the 15-member Security Council held a first informal vote, behind closed doors and by secret ballot.She dipped slightly to second place, while Argentina's Rafael Grossi, the current head of the UN nuclear watchdog, came in third, according to the diplomatic source and specialist publication Pass Blue.Other candidates include fourth-placed Macky Sall of Senegal, Chile's Michelle Bachelet, Ecuador's Maria Fernanda Espinosa and Uganda's Olara Otunnu.Ecuador's Ivonne A-Baki has also thrown