The UN Security Council held the first round of intentional voting on the selection of the next Secretary General on the 30th. Zenon Mukongo Ngei, the rotating chairman of the Security Council for the month and Permanent Representative of the Congo to the United Nations, said after the vote that the intended voting results would not be announced to the public, and that the candidates would be notified through the countries that nominated the candidates.

The UN Security Council held the first round of intentional voting on the selection of the next Secretary General on the 30th. Zenon Mukongo Ngei, the rotating chairman of the Security Council for the month and Permanent Representative of the Congo to the United Nations, said after the vote that the intended voting results would not be announced to the public, and that the candidates would be notified through the countries that nominated the candidates.