# The next UN chief: what should matter most?

Guterres leaves on 31 December and no successor has been named. What should count most in the choice?

Poll by GloboPoll

## Results

- A woman, for the first time in eighty years — 1 (100.0 %)
- Someone from Latin America and the Caribbean, whose turn it is — 0 (0.0 %)
- A record of standing up to the big powers — 0 (0.0 %)
- Experience running a large organisation — 1 (100.0 %)
- Someone the US, China and Russia can all live with — 0 (0.0 %)
- Not sure — 0 (0.0 %)

1 votes

## Poll facts

- Status: open, accepting votes
- Type: multiple choice
- Published on: 2026-09-23
- Data updated on: 2026-09-23

## How votes are counted

One vote per person (per account, or per IP address and browser for anonymous votes). Anyone can take part: this is an open online poll, not a representative statistical sample. Results update live while the poll is open.

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Source: https://www.globopoll.com/en/polls/the-next-un-chief-what-should-matter-most