Portugal’s former PM poised to succeed Ban Ki-moon as UN chief

‘Portugal’s former prime minister, Antonio Guterres, is set to become the next UN secretary general after he won the backing of the majority of Security Council members, including four veto-holding powers.
On Wednesday, 13 of the 15 Security Council members, including four of the five veto holders, endorsed Guterres to replace Ban Ki-moon, who will stand down in January 2017 after 10 years at the helm.
Guterres received two “no opinion” votes during the secret ballot, Reuters reported.
“Today after our sixth straw poll we have a clear favorite and his name is Antonio Guterres,” the Russian ambassador to the UN, Vitaly Churkin, told reporters with his 14 council colleagues standing behind him.’
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