Senior UAE diplomat Lana Nusseibeh enters race for UN chief

Straits Times21 October 2026, 20:41 UTCUnited Arab Emirates

DUBAI, Oct 21 - 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.

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