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Bachelet exits UN secretary general race
Former Chilean president withdraws after losing support in security council straw poll, leaving seven candidates to succeed Guterres.
In brief
Former Chilean president withdraws after losing support in security council straw poll, leaving seven candidates to succeed Guterres. Michelle Bachelet, former Chilean president and UN human rights chief, withdrew from the UN secretary general race after her support collapsed in a security council straw poll…
Bachelet ends UN bid
Michelle Bachelet, seventy-four, former president of Chile and UN human rights chief, has withdrawn from the race to become UN secretary general.
Support collapsed in straw poll
A third informal security council straw poll held on Friday showed Bachelet's support had all but collapsed among the council members voting.
Bachelet's campaign message
Bachelet had positioned her campaign around defending multilateralism and international law at a time when she said both were under sustained pressure.
Bachelet announces decision
In a video posted on Instagram on Saturday, Bachelet said: "I will now continue, with the same determination as always, my international work."
“I will now continue, with the same determination as always, my international work.”
Grynspan takes the lead
The same straw poll that showed Bachelet's collapse put Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan in the lead among the remaining candidates in the race.
Seven candidates remain
Bachelet's withdrawal leaves seven candidates in the race to succeed António Guterres, who concludes his second five-year term as secretary general on thirty-first December.
The essence
Michelle Bachelet, former Chilean president and UN human rights chief, withdrew from the UN secretary general race after her support collapsed in a security council straw poll.
