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Candidates for the United Nations Secretary-General position participate in a debate at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, on July 23, 2026. [AFP]
The race to become the next leader of the United Nations on Saturday added a seventh candidate: Uganda's Olara Otunnu, a former opposition presidential candidate and onetime high-ranking UN official.
The world body informed member states of the candidacy of the 75-year-old Otunnu, which was presented by his home nation.
Otunnu served as UN under-secretary general and special representative for children and armed conflict from 1997 to 2005 under then UN chief Kofi Annan.
