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Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan stays narrow frontrunner to lead the UN but EVERY candidate is hit with a veto

Rebeca Grynspan won nine 'encourage' votes, five 'discourage' and one 'no opinion' in Friday's Security Council straw poll. Two of the votes against her came from permanent members. It was the sixth secret ballot and the first to use colour-coded markers exposing veto powers. Diplomats say the deadlock could open the door to new candidates before Antonio Guterres's term ends on December 31.

Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett trailed close behind with eight votes in favour and six against.

Grynspan, 70, would be the UN's first Jewish secretary-general in its 80-year history.

She says the UN has 'become too risk-averse' and boasts of cutting 20% of posts.

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