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Next UN chief: Grynspan keeps narrow lead in first colour-coded poll, but every frontrunner faces two vetoes
Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan stayed narrowly ahead in the UN Security Council's latest secret straw poll on 16 October, the first to show how the five veto-holding powers voted. But Grynspan, Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Argentina's Rafael Grossi each drew two "discourage" votes from permanent members, leaving no clear winner as António Guterres's term nears its end.