A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on Jan. 1, 2027.
Here are the candidates ¡ª and potential candidates ¡ª so far, and details on how the successor to current U.N. chief Antonio Guterres will be chosen:
The race formally started when Sierra Leone, then-president of the 15-member U.N. Security Council, and Annalena Baerbock, president of the 193-member General Assembly, sent a joint letter soliciting nominations on Nov. 25.
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