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Four Candidates Face Public Auditions to Succeed Guterres at the UN

Security Council vetoes will shape the choice during a cash crunch at the UN.

Ultimately the five permanent members of the UN's top body, the Security Council, hold the power, wielding vetoes over who leads the global organization
Grossi has called for the UN to 'return to its founding promise-- to save humanity from the scourge of war'
In her pitch to world leaders, Rebeca Grynspan has played up her personal story as the daughter of Jewish parents
A Chilean socialist brutally tortured by the regime of Augusto Pinochet, Bachelet became the country's first woman president in 2006

Overview

  • The four contenders — Michelle Bachelet, Rafael Grossi, Rebeca Grynspan and Macky Sall — will each take three-hour public Q&A sessions with UN member states on Tuesday and Wednesday in New York.
  • The selection then moves to Security Council straw polls where any of the five permanent members can block a contender, and the United States has signaled it will back the strongest candidate rather than follow regional or gender expectations.
  • Bachelet enters the hearings without support from her home country after Chile withdrew its backing in March, and US Republican lawmakers urged Washington to veto her as Ambassador Mike Waltz told senators he shared their concerns.
  • Grossi’s record leading the UN nuclear watchdog faces close scrutiny from both Washington and Moscow because of his handling of Iran’s program and Russia’s occupation of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia plant.
  • The winner will inherit a UN that many see sidelined on wars in Ukraine, Gaza and Iran and facing a budget shortfall that reports tie to unpaid contributions from key members, including the United States.