--- title: "All seven UN secretary-general candidates receive veto in latest Security Council poll" description: "Most outlets reported that all seven contenders for the UN secretary-general position received a \"veto\" or \"discourage\" vote from a permanent Security Council member in the latest informal poll. 24 News HD described the vote as effectively a veto, while Hum News English used the term \"discourage\" as quoted from the source. Both emphasized the informal nature of the poll and the involvement of a permanent member." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/14825-all-candidates-for-un-secretary-general-receive-veto site: HarZaviya language: en --- # All seven UN secretary-general candidates receive veto in latest Security Council poll world · updated 17 Oct 2026, 11:56 AM PKT · 17 Oct 2026 · 2 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that all seven contenders for the UN secretary-general position received a "veto" or "discourage" vote from a permanent Security Council member in the latest informal poll. 24 News HD described the vote as effectively a veto, while Hum News English used the term "discourage" as quoted from the source. Both emphasized the informal nature of the poll and the involvement of a permanent member. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Hum News English** — [All candidates for UN secretary-general receive veto in latest Security Council poll](https://humenglish.com/latest/all-candidates-for-un-secretary-general-receive-veto-in-latest-security-council-poll/) · 17 Oct 2026, 11:56 AM PKT > UNITED NATIONS: All seven candidates seeking to become the next United Nations secretary-general received at least one “discourage” vote from a permanent member of the UN Security Council in the latest informal poll, a diplomat said on Friday. The latest vote marked the first time during the anonymous polling process that Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States used coloured straws... - **24 News HD** — [All contenders for UN chief receive ‘veto’](https://www.24newshd.tv/17-Oct-2026/contenders-un-chief-receive-veto) · 17 Oct 2026, 9:39 AM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing > All seven candidates to lead the United Nations received a vote of "discourage," effectively a veto, from a permanent UN Security Council member in the latest informal poll, a diplomat said Friday. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [UN Security Council begins selection process for next secretary-general](https://harzaviya.com/stories/1050-un-security-council-begins-selection-process-for-next) · 31 Jul 2026 · 6 outlets · 3 developments · 78% related - [UN holds second informal poll for next leader](https://harzaviya.com/stories/4229-un-holds-second-informal-poll-for-next-leader) · 22 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 74% related 2 articles from 2 outlets, 17 Oct 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.