Ex-Senegal president Macky Sall withdraws as candidate for UN leader
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Former president of Senegal Macky Sall on Saturday withdrew from the seven person race to be the next UN secretary general, a day after an informal UN Security Council race produced no clear favourite.
In a statement released on social media, Sall said he had noted the result of the race and “hoped to contribute now the emergence of a consensus candidate within the Security Council”.
He added that “the results of different test votes indicate a choice favouring a candidate — perhaps female –from the Latin America-Caribbean region.”
