Uganda’s Olara Otunnu becomes seventh contender in race to succeed UN chief Guterres
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NEW YORK, July 26 — The race to become the next leader of the United Nations yesterday added a seventh candidate: Uganda’s Olara Otunnu, a former opposition presidential...
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The world body informed member states of the candidacy of the 75-year-old Otunnu, which was presented by his home nation.
Otunnu served as UN under-secretary general and special representative for children and armed conflict from 1997 to 2005 under then UN chief Kofi Annan.
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- Jul 26, 2026
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