Antonio Guterres set to be UN secretary general

Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres has been tipped as the next United Nations secretary-general after none of the five Security Council veto-wielding powers voted against him in a sixth secret ballot on Wednesday. The 15-member Security Council cast ballots for each of the 10 candidates with the choices of “encourage, discourage, or no opinion”. […]

Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres has been tipped as the next United Nations secretary-general after none of the five Security Council veto-wielding powers voted against him in a sixth secret ballot on Wednesday.
The 15-member Security Council cast ballots for each of the 10 candidates with the choices of “encourage, discourage, or no opinion”. Guterres received 13 encourage votes and two no opinion votes.
“Today, after our sixth straw poll, we have a clear favourite and his name is Antonio Guterres,” Russian UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters with his 14 council colleagues standing behind him.
For Guterres to be formally recommended to the 193-member General Assembly for election, the Security Council still needs to adopt a resolution behind closed doors.