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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- The UN Security Council will have a new round of straw poll next Friday on the 10 current candidates vying to be next UN secretary-general to succeed Ban Ki-moon on Jan. 1, the president of the council, Ambassador Gerard Jacobus van Bohemen of New Zealand, announced here Thursday.
Another round of the secret council poll will be held on Sept. 26, Bohemen said while briefing reporters here on the 15-nation council's work program for September, when New Zealand, one of the 10 non-permanent council members, holds the rotating council presidency.
However, New Zealand will hand over its responsibilities to conduct straw polls behind closed doors to Russia during its council presidency this month simply because Helen Clark, a national from the Pacific island country, is in the race for the post of the world's top diplomat, he said.
After closed consultations here Thursday afternoon, all council members also agreed to hold another round of straw poll in the first week of October, the council president said.
