UAE Candidate Lana Nusseibeh Maintains Her Position in UN Secretary-General Race

Al-Taj News – The UAE candidate for the post of United Nations Secretary-General, Lana Nusseibeh, received 7 votes in favor versus 6 against, while two members abstained from expressing an opinion, during the eighth round of straw polling conducted by the UN Security Council on Thursday to select a successor to the current Secretary-General António Guterres.

Nusseibeh ranked fourth among 8 candidates competing for the position, maintaining the same result she recorded in the previous round, according to the results of the straw poll.

The United Arab Emirates had officially announced, on October 21, the nomination of Minister of State Lana Zaki Nusseibeh for the position of UN Secretary-General, after having served as the UAE’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations between 2013 and 2024.