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Costa Rican economist and Secretary-General of UNCTAD Rebeca Grynspan, candidate for the United Nations Secretary-General position, speaks during a debate at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, on July 23, 2026. Chile's former president Michelle Bachelet, Senegal's former president Macky Sall, Costa Rican economist and Secretary-General of UNCTAD Rebeca Grynspan, Argentine diplomat and Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Rafael Mariano Grossi, Ecuadorean diplomat and former President of the UN General Assembly Maria Fernanda Espinosa, and Guyana's former foreign minister Carolyn Rodrigues are vying to become the next UN Secretary-General. (Photo by Leonardo MUNOZ / AFP via Getty Images)