00:00Senegal's former president, Macky Sall, is pulling out of the race to lead the United
00:05Nations.
00:06The announcement comes one day after an informal straw poll by UN Security Council members
00:12saw all seven candidates receive at least one veto.
00:17In a statement on social media, Sall said he hoped to contribute now to the emergence
00:23of a consensus candidate.
00:26Candidates need nine positive votes from the council's 15 members.
00:31Discouraged votes from any of the body's five permanent members effectively constitute a
00:37veto.
00:38After Friday's poll, Costa Rica's Rebecca Grinspan remains the front-runner, but she also got
00:44five discouraged votes, including two from permanent members.
00:49Most of the seven candidates are from Latin America.
00:53Sall's withdrawal leaves Uganda's Olara Otunu as the only African contender.
00:59Sorry.
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