UN / SG SECOND STRAW POLL

STORY: UN / SG SECOND STRAW POLL
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DATELINE: 05 AUGUST 2016, NEW YORK CITY / FILE

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FILE – RECENT, NEW YORK CITY

1. Wide shot, United Nations Headquarters

05 AUGUST 2016, NEW YORK CITY

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Ramlan Bin Ibrahim, Permanent Representative of Malaysia to the United Nations:
“The second round of straw polls has taken place. All the eleven candidates will be informed of the results through their respective permanent representatives of nominating states. The President of the General Assembly was also informed that the straw poll has been conducted. Thank you.”

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3. Wide shot, SG candidates at General Assembly Global Townhall
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Helen Clark, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme:
“We have to get better at preventing conflict.”
5. SOUNDBITE (English) Danilo Turk, Former President of Slovenia:
“We need commitment and we need vision.”
6. SOUNDBITE (English) Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC):
“I know that this is difficult. I know it is difficult because I have done it.”
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Igor Lukšić, Former Prime Minister of Montenegro:
“I come from a country which 20 years ago was in a region that was engulfed in war.”
8. SOUNDBITE (English) Irina Bokova, Director-General of UNESCO:
“I am a deep believer in multilateralism.”
9. SOUNDBITE (English) António Guterres, Former High Commissioner for Refugees:
“She or he must be a solid ethical reference.”
10. SOUNDBITE (English) Susana Malcorra, Foreign Minister of Argentina:
“I fully understand what is needed to take the United Nations to the next level.”
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Vuk Jeremić, Former President of the United Nations General Assembly:
“Not all is well at the United Nations, I am afraid.”
12. SOUNDBITE (English) Natalia Gherman, Former Acting Prime Minister of Moldova:
“We should all strive for finding common ground and finding unity.”
13. Wide shot, SG candidates at General Assembly Global Townhall

STORYLINE:

The 15 members of the United Nations Security Council today (5 Aug) held a second straw poll towards the selection of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.

After the vote, Security Council President for the month of August, Ramlan Bin Ibrahim of Malaysia, told reporters that “all the eleven candidates will be informed of the results through their respective permanent representatives of nominating states.”

The straw poll process aims to narrow down the candidacies through “encourage” or “discourage votes.

Eleven candidates remain in the race; Helen Clark from New Zealand, Danilo Turk from Slovenia, Christiana Figueres from Costa Rica, Igor Lukšić from Montenegro, Irina Bokova from Bulgaria, António Guterres from Portugal, Susana Malcorra from Argentina, Vuk Jeremic from Serbia, Natalia Gherman from Moldova, Srgjan Kerim from Macedonia and Miroslav Lajčák from the Slovak Republic.

Vesna Pusić, withdraw her candidacy after the first straw poll.