# UAE Nominates UN Leader

> UAE picks Lana Nusseibeh for UN leadership race.
- Title: UAE Nominates UN Leader · Buenos Aires Times | Shortify
- Summary: UAE picks Lana Nusseibeh for UN leadership race. UAE Foreign Ministry official Lana Nusseibeh is nominated to lead UN's next secretary-general contest.
- Keywords: uae, lana nusseibeh, un secretary-general, united nations, foreign ministry, abu dhabi, news, politics, world, Nominates, Leader, Buenos Aires Times
- Source: Buenos Aires Times — https://batimes.com.ar/news/world/competition-for-grossi-as-uae-nominates-top-official-to-lead-united-nations.phtml
- Published: 2026-10-21T20:57:52+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: uae, lana nusseibeh, un secretary-general, united nations, foreign ministry, abu dhabi, news, politics, world
## UAE Nominates Official
The United Arab Emirates has nominated its Foreign Ministry official Lana Nusseibeh to run in the contest to lead the United Nations.

> I am standing to be Secretary-General because I believe this is a moment to act with greater urgency: to act earlier, bring people together across difference, and drive the work forward until it produces concrete results
## Straw Poll Results
In the latest informal straw poll held last week to gauge which candidates have a shot of becoming the next UN Secretary-General, every contender received an effective veto.
## Candidates in Race
The frontrunner Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan runs alongside Guyanese ex-foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Argentina's Rafael Grossi, the current head of the UN nuclear watchdog.
## Security Council Veto
Five of the 15 members of the UN Security Council wield veto power and can shut down any candidate that is unacceptable to them, which happened Friday when all seven candidates received at least two…
## Key takeaway

UAE Foreign Ministry official Lana Nusseibeh is nominated to lead UN's next secretary-general contest.