00:00The race to find a new UN Secretary-General hit a major snag on Friday, with reports that all seven
00:07candidates have been vetoed by at least one permanent member of the Security Council.
00:13During an informal poll on Friday, Britain, China, France, Russia and the US used coloured straws to cast their vote.
00:23Ten elected members used plain markers to indicate their choice.
00:27Costa Rica's Rebecca Grinspan maintained her front-runner position with seven encourage votes, but she also got five discourage votes,
00:38including two from permanent members.
00:41Candidates need nine positive votes and no vetoes.
00:46The US reportedly opposes all seven contenders, including Senegal's Macky Sall and Uganda's Olara Otunu.
