UAE nominates Lana Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general
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The United Arab Emirates has formally nominated Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh to become the next United Nations secretary-general, adding a late contender to a race that has yet to produce consensus in the Security Council.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan submitted her candidacy in a letter to the presidents of the General Assembly and Security Council, according to state news agency WAM. Nusseibeh, a former UAE ambassador to the UN, has taken leave from her government post while campaigning.
“I am standing to be Secretary-General because I believe this is a moment to act with greater urgency: to act earlier, bring people together across difference, and drive the work forward until it produces concrete results,” she said in announcing her candidacy.
Nusseibeh became the UAE’s UN ambassador in 2013 and led its delegation during the country’s recent two-year term on the Security Council. If selected, she would be the first woman to lead the UN, the second Arab secretary-general after Egypt’s Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and the first Gulf Arab.
The Security Council has held six informal straw polls without finding a candidate acceptable to all five permanent members. Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan has led most rounds, but received two discouragement votes from permanent members in the first color-coded poll, Middle East Eye reported. The council must recommend a candidate for approval by the 193-member General Assembly. António Guterres’s second and final term ends on December 31.
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WHAT IT FLAGGED editor revise: Narrow the claim about the potential first to match the source's wording. - "and the first from the Gulf": The source specifically says she would be the first Gulf Arab to hold the role, not broadly the first person from the Gulf.
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UAE nominates Lana Nusseibeh for UN secretary-general
The United Arab Emirates has formally nominated Minister of State Lana Nusseibeh to become the next United Nations secretary-general, adding a late contender to a race that has yet to produce consensus in the Security Council.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan submitted her candidacy in a letter to the presidents of the General Assembly and Security Council, according to state news agency WAM. Nusseibeh, a former UAE ambassador to the UN, has taken leave from her government post while campaigning.
“I am standing to be Secretary-General because I believe this is a moment to act with greater urgency: to act earlier, bring people together across difference, and drive the work forward until it produces concrete results,” she said in announcing her candidacy.
Nusseibeh became the UAE’s UN ambassador in 2013 and led its delegation during the country’s recent two-year term on the Security Council. If selected, she would be the first woman to lead the UN, the second Arab secretary-general after Egypt’s Boutros Boutros-Ghali, and the first fromGulf the Gulf.Arab.
The Security Council has held six informal straw polls without finding a candidate acceptable to all five permanent members. Costa Rica’s Rebeca Grynspan has led most rounds, but received two discouragement votes from permanent members in the first color-coded poll, Middle East Eye reported. The council must recommend a candidate for approval by the 193-member General Assembly. António Guterres’s second and final term ends on December 31.
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