UN holds second informal poll for body’s next leader

AFP, UNITED NATIONS, United States Add TT as Preferred Source The UN’s most powerful body, the Security Council, met yesterday to hold another straw poll to gauge the popularity of a growing field of contenders to lead the embattled organization.UN Conference on Trade and Development Secretary-General and former Costa Rican vice president Rebeca Grynspan was the front-runner after last month’s first informal vote, in which the council’s 15 members, including the five with veto power, pass judgement in secret on the candidates.Argentine diplomat and International Atomic Energy Agency Director-General Rafael Grossi is also a candidate along with former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet, former Ecuadorian minister of foreign affairs Maria Fernanda Espinosa, former Guyanese minister of forei