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María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés speaks as president of the U.N. General Assembly during a press conference at Geneva in 2018.

Security & Geopolitics

Ecuador's Espinosa becomes fifth candidate to lead United Nations

3 min read

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If elected, Espinosa, Bachelet or Grynspan would become the first woman to serve as U.N. chief since the U.N.’s founding.

The 38th floor of the United Nations Secretariat building, at left, in New York houses the private office suite and conference rooms of the U.N. secretary-general.

Security & Geopolitics

Leadership race for U.N.'s top job narrows ahead of public hearings

4 min read

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Withdrawals and regional divisions unsettle the field, while closed-door straw polls and veto power shape the outcome.