Ban takes 1st Straw Poll

South Korean candidate Ban Ki Moon led in “enouragements” today in the first straw poll for UNSG, with Tharoor, Surakiart following and Dhanapala in last place.

Encourage Discourage No Opinion
Ban 12 1 2
Tharoor 10 2 3
Surakiart 7 3 5
Dhanapala 5 6 4

Each government signaled its preferences by marking on secret ballots whether they would “encourage” each candidate, “discourage” him, or had “no opinion.” Ban and Tharoor were informed in person and Dhanapala and Surakiart were phoned by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sabliere with their individual tallies and the highest and lowest tallies. Despite being asked afterward in several different ways, Ambassador de La Sabliere refused to officially reveal the results, but jokingly told reporters that,

“To be sure anonymity is respected, we all had the same pen… So no one can know exactly…”

U.S. Ambassador John Bolton noted in speaking with reporters that there was no differentiation in the voting between permanent and non-permanent members, a rule he suggested nonetheless “is not neccesarily true for future straw polls.” 

Bolton commented that the four candidates would now be able to judge whether to continue in the race and others who may be considering joining the race may do so. On the question of regional rotation, Bolton suggested that President Bush was merely stating “the common wisdom” last week, that the U.S. position on regional rotation was “unchanged” and that “…now it’s up to candidates whether they are from Asia or from other regions to make a decision whether to have a member government put their name forward.” 

Bolton stepped back from his comments Friday that stating the U.S. preference would be a “kiss of death,” saying instead that “to give an indication really may or may not advantage the candidate(s) that we most favor.”

The only names considered today were those which had received a formal nomination by a member government. A source at the French mission mentioned that Niranjan Deva, a member of the European Parliament but with strong ties to Sri Lanka, attempted to get a meeting with Ambassador de la Sabliere as President of the Security Council, but was firmly rebuffed.

No reaction yet from Surakiart or Dhanapala’s campaigns. Surakiart’s endorsement by ASEAN was reaffirmed just this week, and Dhanapala has been considered a “rising star” hoping to recruit UK Prime Minister Tony Blair to help “inject the kind of passion” needed in promoting the UN. 

Another straw poll will not take place until late August, noted the French official, also adding that “We would like to see new candidates before then.” 

 

8 Responses to “Ban takes 1st Straw Poll”

  1. bar glasses says:

    bar glasses

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  2. ph646 online says:

    ph646 online

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  3. K2 Spray says:

    K2 Spray

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  4. genesis market

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  5. post880409 says:

    post880409

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  6. chatgpt プロンプトアプリエディタ

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  7. كلية إدارة الأعمال في مصر

    […]Every once in a whilst we pick out blogs that we read. Listed beneath would be the newest web pages that we pick out […]

  8. Magda says:

    Magda

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  9. Fredrick says:

    Fredrick

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  10. العقاقير

    […]very few internet sites that happen to become comprehensive beneath, from our point of view are undoubtedly well worth checking out[…]

  11. ai business tool

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  12. Pharmaceutical Analytical Chemistry

    […]one of our guests not long ago encouraged the following website[…]

  13. Xanax b707 says:

    Xanax b707

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  14. how to says:

    how to

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  15. loose leaf wraps

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  16. Image recognition software

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  17. MBA curriculum in Egypt

    […]here are some links to sites that we link to mainly because we assume they’re really worth visiting[…]

  18. pink glock says:

    pink glock

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  19. Leonardo says:

    Leonardo

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  20. Bonny says:

    Bonny

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  21. Gay says:

    Gay

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  22. безкоштовне порно ххх

    blog topic

  23. novas receitas

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  24. бук оф ра слот

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  25. link login pragmatic

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  26. login sv388 says:

    login sv388

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  27. x videos says:

    x videos

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  28. jili88.store says:

    jili88.store

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  29. kfurir6 says:

    kfurir6

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  30. billiards suggestions

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  31. daftar s128 says:

    daftar s128

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  32. ph646 sign up

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  33. chen zhi in cambodia

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  34. yhn.nrgplc.com

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  35. jiliko 747 live login

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  36. book of ra says:

    book of ra

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  37. montenegro’da şirket kurmak

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  38. Polaroid.wiki

    blog topic

  39. เว็บดูหนังสดพม่าฟรี

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

  40. radian4d says:

    radian4d

    Ban takes 1st Straw Poll « UNSG.org

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.