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Russia’s envoy reveals names of five candidates vying to lead UN

TASS · 🇷🇺 public Russia · · 204 words
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Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, identified five official candidates vying for the position of UN Secretary-General. The article outlines the voting process and notes that the current Secretary-General's term ends on December 31.

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Techniques found 1
Topics 2

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What happened

Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, ex-President of Senegal Macky Sall, Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development…

Why it matters

"We have five official candidates: Grossi, Bachelet, former President of Senegal Macky Sall, former Secretary-General of UNCTAD Grynspan from Costa Rica, and a recent addition - Ecuador’s Maria Fernanda Espinosa, who was the president of the General Assembly…

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Russia's permanent representative to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya, identified five official candidates vying for the position of UN Secretary-General. The article outlines the voting process and notes that the current Secretary-General's term ends on December 31.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The UN will begin choosing its next chief on July 24”
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The claim states the process begins on July 24. However, web search results explicitly state that the selection process 'formally began in November 2025'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United Nations Secretary-General selection is currently being held to choose the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. The current Secretary-General, António Guterres of Portugal, will compl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_Nations_Secretary-…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrator of the United Nations who oversees the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_Unite…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under-Secretary-General_of_the…
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Claim 2: “Maria Fernanda Espinosa... was the president of the General Assembly in 2018”
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Wikipedia and Robert Bosch Stiftung explicitly state that Maria Fernanda Espinosa served as the President of the 73rd UN General Assembly from September 2018 to September 2019.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Maria is a feminine given name. It is given in many languages influenced by Christianity. It was used as the feminine form of the unrelated Roman name Marius (see Maria gens), and, after Christianity …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_(given_name)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés (born September 7, 1964) is an Ecuadorian linguist, poet, politician, and diplomat. Currently, is Executive Director of GWL Voices, an NGO dedicated to achieve a gender-…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/María_Fernanda_Espinosa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The president of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The president is the chair and presiding of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_Nation…
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Claim 3: “the selection will end as soon as one candidate secures nine votes, including five from the UN Security Council’s veto-wielding members”
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Two independent sources (Foreign Policy and a report on avoiding deadlock) confirm that the candidate needs nine votes from the Security Council and must avoid a veto from any of the five permanent members.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrator of the United Nations who oversees the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the Unit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secretary-General_of_the_Unite…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — UN Women was established by a merger of the UN Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM, established in 1976) and other agencies and became operational in 2011. The organization operates under a governance …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UN_Women
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An under-secretary-general of the United Nations (USG) is a senior official within the United Nations System, normally appointed by the General Assembly on the recommendation of the secretary-general …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under-Secretary-General_of_the…
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Claim 4: “Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Grossi, former President of Chile Michelle Bachelet, ex-President of Senegal Macky Sall, Rebeca Grynspan, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), currently on special leave, and Maria Fernanda Espinosa, former President of the United Nations General Assembly, are currently vying for the post of secretary-general of the global organization”
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Multiple independent sources (NPR, Geneva Solutions, and a nomination list) confirm that Macky Sall, Michelle Bachelet, and Maria Fernanda Espinosa are candidates. The nomination list specifically mentions Bachelet and Espinosa.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United Nations Secretary-General selection is currently being held to choose the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. The current Secretary-General, António Guterres of Portugal, will compl…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_Nations_Secretary-…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international trips made by UN Secretary–General António Guterres. The list includes all travels outside of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, United States. Gu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_trips_ma…
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web search NEUTRAL — 15 hours ago ... KELEMEN: There are two candidates from Africa, former Senegalese President Macky Sall and a new entry from Uganda, a longtime U.N. diplomat, ...
https://www.npr.org/2026/07/29/nx-s1-5909162/the-race-is-on-…
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Claim 5: “The second and final term of incumbent UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres ends on December 31”
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Multiple sources, including Deutsche Welle and a news report from FYI, confirm that Antonio Guterres's second and final term ends on December 31, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of international trips made by UN Secretary–General António Guterres. The list includes all travels outside of the Headquarters of the United Nations in New York City, United States. Gu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_international_trips_ma…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A United Nations secretary-general selection was held in October 2016 to choose the ninth secretary-general of the United Nations to succeed Ban Ki-moon from 1 January 2017. Six straw polls were held …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_United_Nations_Secretary-…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres (born 30 April 1949) is a Portuguese politician and diplomat who, since 2017, has served as the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. A member of the Portu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/António_Guterres
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