UNITED NATIONS (AN) — The formal process of re-electing or replacing U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres began on Friday with a formal request to all of the world body's 193 member nations if they have any candidates to challenge him.
General Assembly President Volkan Bozkir and Britain’s U.N. Ambassador Barbara Woodward, whose nation holds the revolving presidency of the Security Council for February, sent a joint letter to open the nominating process.