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Portugal's Guterres set to be UN head | Portugal's Guterres set to be UN head |
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Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next UN secretary general, UN diplomats say. | Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next UN secretary general, UN diplomats say. |
Mr Guterres, 66, was the "clear favourite", Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin announced on Wednesday. | Mr Guterres, 66, was the "clear favourite", Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin announced on Wednesday. |
A formal vote will take place in the UN Security Council on Thursday to confirm the choice of nominee. | A formal vote will take place in the UN Security Council on Thursday to confirm the choice of nominee. |
Mr Guterres, who led the UN refugee agency for 10 years, will take over from Ban Ki-moon early next year. | |
The 15-member Security Council cast secret ballots for each of the 10 candidates on Wednesday and none were found to oppose Mr Guterres. | |
They were asked to select from a choice of encourage, discourage or no opinion for each candidate, with the former Portuguese prime minister receiving 13 encourage votes and two no opinion votes. | |
A formal vote will take place at 1000 EST (1500 BST) on Thursday. | |
Mr Ban will stand down after ten years at the helm. |