{"id":122405,"date":"2026-04-23T13:57:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/all-news\/senegals-macky-sall-seeks-un-top-job-and-rivals"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:09:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T14:09:02","slug":"senegals-macky-sall-seeks-un-top-job-and-rivals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/rwanda\/policy\/senegals-macky-sall-seeks-un-top-job-and-rivals","title":{"rendered":"Senegal&#8217;s Macky Sall Seeks UN Top Job and Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. <\/strong><\/span>Former Senegalese President Macky Sall is set to face a public questioning session on Wednesday, April 22, as part of the race to succeed United Nations Secretary-General Anto\u0301nio Guterres, who steps down on December 31.<\/p>\n<p>Sall, 64, is competing against three candidates from Latin America, the region widely expected, under an informal rotation principle, to produce the next UN chief.<\/p>\n<p>These are Chile&#8217;s former President Michelle Bachelet, Argentina&#8217;s Rafael Grossi, a former diplomat who currently heads the International Atomic Energy Agency; and Costa Rica&#8217;s former Vice President Rebeca Grynspan, who currently serves at the UN.<\/p>\n<p>All four candidates are undergoing public question-and-answer sessions with UN member states and civil society, a transparency measure introduced in 2016, though the final decision still hinges on the UN Security Council.<\/p>\n<p>The Security Council is expected to begin its formal selection process by the end of July.<\/p>\n<p>It is only on the Security Council&#8217;s recommendation that the UN General Assembly can elect a secretary-general for a five-year term, which is renewable once.<\/p>\n<p>Sall\u2019s candidacy was initially backed by Burundi in its capacity as chair of the African Union, but that effort collapsed after at least 20 AU member states broke a \u201csilence procedure,\u201d effectively blocking an automatic endorsement.<\/p>\n<p>Sall served as Senegal&#8217;s President from 2012 to 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Rwanda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Rwanda. Former Senegalese President Macky Sall is set to face a public questioning session on Wednesday, April 22, as part of the race to succeed United Nations Secretary-General Anto\u0301nio Guterres, who steps down on December 31. 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