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Exclusive-Senior UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh enters race for UN chief

Al-Monitor21 October 2026, 20:46 UTCUnited Arab Emirates

By Maha El DahanDUBAI, Oct 21 (Reuters) - Senior UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh entered the race to become the next United Nations secretary-general on Wednesday, injecting a prominent Middle Eastern candidate into a contest that has struggled to produce a consensus choice among the Security Council’s most powerful members.Nusseibeh, a former UAE ambassador to the UN for more than a decade, told Reuters she would seek to restore the world body’s role as a diplomatic problem-solver at a time of mounting global crises.

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