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China weighs two women to lead the United Nations after deadlock
Beijing has ruled out IAEA chief Rafael Grossi, seen as the candidate favored by Washington, after three informal Security Council voting rounds.
China is poised to decide which of two Latin American women becomes the first leader of the United Nations after three rounds of informal voting in the Security Council did not produce a clear favorite, according to the South China Morning Post.
UN delegations speaking to SCMP said Beijing is weighing Rebeca Grynspan, a Costa Rican economist who leads UN Trade and Development, and Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Guyana’s ambassador to the UN.
The same delegations said China has ruled out Rafael Grossi, the Argentine director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, who is widely seen as Washington’s preferred candidate and was nominated last year by Argentine President Javier Milei. SCMP also reported China has kept relations with Milei cordial but cooler since his 2023 campaign, when he used hostile language toward China and pledged to cut ties in favor of the “civilised side of life.”