Africa has just one representative in UN top job race after ex-Senegalese president drops out
Africa is down to one candidate in the race to lead the United Nations after former Senegalese president Macky Sall withdrew his candidacy, narrowing the continent’s representation in a contest increasingly pointing towards Latin America and the Caribbean.
Olara Otunnu, a veteran diplomat, now represents Africa but faces low prospects after receiving mostly discouraging votes in the latest informal Security Council ballot. (Image: Uganda Media Centre)
- Former Senegalese president Macky Sall withdrew his candidacy to lead the United Nations, leaving Uganda’s Olara Otunnu as Africa’s only remaining candidate.
- Sall stated that his decision was made to help build consensus within the UN Security Council.
- Olara Otunnu, a veteran diplomat, now represents Africa but faces low prospects after receiving mostly discouraging votes in the latest informal Security Council ballot.
- Candidates from Latin America and the Caribbean are currently leading in the race, though all face some opposition from permanent Security Council members.
Reference Link:- https://africa.businessinsider.com/local/leaders/africa-has-just-one-representative-in-un-top-job-race-after-ex-senegalese-president/q0wppwj
Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
