Former NZ PM Helen Clark slips in poll for top UN job Featured
Helen Clark (Former Prime Minister of New Zealand)
6 August, 2016. Helen Clark has expressed disappointment over falling seventh place in the second United Nations straw poll results in the race for its top job.
no captionHelen Clark has failed to rank in the top five candidates in the second secret ballot for the United Nations Secretary General position. Photo: AFP
The former Prime Minister has dropped to sixth place, after the second UN Security Council straw poll -which is carried out in secret, and the results of which are never officially publicised.
In the first straw poll she was reported to have won eight 'encourage' votes and five 'discourage' from the 15 security council members. Two had 'no opinion'.
This time round, she won six 'encourage' votes, but eight 'discourage', with only one 'no opinion'.
Miss Clark took to Twitter to thank her fellow UN members and to say that she was both disappointed by the outcome.
She said she would be discussing it over the coming days.
-RNZI
