Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett secures highest ‘encouraged’ votes at UN straw polls

Guyana’s candidate for United Nations Secretary-General, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, has moved into the lead following the second United Nations Security Council straw poll, securing the highest number of “encourage” votes among the candidates. Rodrigues-Birkett received eight encourage votes, three discourage votes and four no-opinion votes in the second round. The result places her narrowly ahead of […]