Vuk Jeremic third in race to become new UN secretary-general

NEW YORK - A third round of an informal vote to select the new UN secretary-general ended in the UN SC Monday. According to unofficial sources, former Portuguese PM Antonio Guterres received 11 "encourage", three "discourage" and one "no opinion" vote, followed by Slovak FM Miroslav Lajcak with nine "encourage", five "discourage" and one "no opinion" vote.

Former Serbian FM Vuk Jeremic received seven "encourage", five "discourage" and three "no opinion" votes.

Quoting unnamed sources, Reuters reported that Bulgaria's Irina Bokova, who is director-general of UNESCO, was tied with Jeremic.

They were followed by Argentine FM Susana Malcorra, former Macedonian FM Srgjan Kerim, former New Zealand PM Helen Clark, who heads the UNDP, former Slovenian President Danilo Turk, former Moldovan FM Natalia Gherman and former UN climate chief Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica.<...