Secretary-General selection
Includes: The 2026 process, qualities sought, first woman, regional rotation, transparency under A/RES/79/327, named candidates
Excludes: Tributes to Guterres (PROTOCOL)
36.1%Reach — said something about it
36.1%Any mention, including in a list
0.9%Mean depth of a speaker's sentences
194Speakers with text
By group
Groups with too few speakers to compare are not shown. Intervals are bootstrapped over countries, and over paragraphs within each country for Depth.
| Group | Speakers | Reach | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western European and other States (UN regional group) | 29 | 55.2% 37.9%–72.4% | 1.3% 0.5%–2.3% |
| Latin American and Caribbean States (UN regional group) | 33 | 54.5% 36.4%–69.7% | 1.8% 1.0%–2.9% |
| Small Island Developing States | 37 | 54.0% 37.8%–70.3% | 1.5% 0.8%–2.4% |
| European Union | 27 | 48.1% 29.6%–66.7% | 0.9% 0.4%–1.7% |
| United Nations Member States | 191 | 36.1% 29.8%–42.9% | 0.9% 0.7%–1.2% |
| Group of 77 | 132 | 33.3% 25.8%–41.7% | 0.9% 0.6%–1.3% |
| Eastern European States (UN regional group) | 23 | 30.4% 13.0%–52.2% | 0.6% 0.1%–1.3% |
| African Union | 54 | 27.8% 16.7%–38.9% | 0.8% 0.3%–1.4% |
| African States (UN regional group) | 54 | 27.8% 16.7%–38.9% | 0.8% 0.3%–1.4% |
| Asia-Pacific States (UN regional group) | 53 | 26.4% 15.1%–39.6% | 0.4% 0.2%–0.8% |
| Least Developed Countries | 42 | 23.8% 11.9%–35.7% | 0.6% 0.2%–1.1% |
| Landlocked Developing Countries | 31 | 22.6% 9.7%–38.7% | 0.6% 0.1%–1.5% |
Who gave it most space
70 of 194 speakers mentioned it. Depth is the share of that speaker's own countable sentences, so a short statement is not penalised.
| Speaker | Depth | Mode | |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10.9% | discussed | Read → |
| Costa Rica | 7.7% | discussed | Read → |
| Zimbabwe | 7.4% | discussed | Read → |
| Guyana | 5.7% | discussed | Read → |
| Dominican Republic | 5.6% | discussed | Read → |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 5.4% | discussed | Read → |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 5.1% | discussed | Read → |
| Spain | 5.0% | discussed | Read → |
| Senegal | 4.5% | discussed | Read → |
| Grenada | 4.5% | discussed | Read → |
| Suriname | 4.3% | discussed | Read → |
| Monaco | 4.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Namibia | 4.0% | discussed | Read → |
| Estonia | 3.9% | discussed | Read → |
| Sierra Leone | 3.7% | discussed | Read → |
| Burundi | 3.6% | discussed | Read → |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 3.6% | discussed | Read → |
| Djibouti | 3.4% | discussed | Read → |
| Bahamas | 3.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Timor-Leste | 3.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Guatemala | 3.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Liechtenstein | 3.2% | discussed | Read → |
| China | 3.1% | discussed | Read → |
| Norway | 3.0% | discussed | Read → |
| Belize | 2.7% | discussed | Read → |
| Denmark | 2.7% | discussed | Read → |
| Maldives | 2.6% | discussed | Read → |
| Uganda | 2.6% | discussed | Read → |
| Congo | 2.5% | discussed | Read → |
| European Union | 2.5% | discussed | Read → |
| Czech Republic | 2.4% | discussed | Read → |
| United Arab Emirates | 2.3% | discussed | Read → |
| Saint Lucia | 2.3% | discussed | Read → |
| El Salvador | 2.3% | discussed | Read → |
| Latvia | 2.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Bulgaria | 2.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Paraguay | 2.0% | discussed | Read → |
| Kazakhstan | 1.9% | discussed | Read → |
| Slovakia | 1.9% | discussed | Read → |
| Angola | 1.7% | discussed | Read → |
| Canada | 1.7% | discussed | Read → |
| Cape Verde | 1.6% | discussed | Read → |
| Tonga | 1.6% | discussed | Read → |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1.5% | discussed | Read → |
| Singapore | 1.5% | discussed | Read → |
| Jamaica | 1.5% | discussed | Read → |
| Mexico | 1.4% | discussed | Read → |
| Fiji | 1.4% | discussed | Read → |
| Iceland | 1.3% | discussed | Read → |
| Andorra | 1.3% | discussed | Read → |
| Mongolia | 1.3% | discussed | Read → |
| Finland | 1.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Botswana | 1.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Philippines | 1.2% | discussed | Read → |
| Panama | 1.1% | discussed | Read → |
| Barbados | 1.0% | discussed | Read → |
| Russia | 0.9% | discussed | Read → |
| Tunisia | 0.9% | discussed | Read → |
| Somalia | 0.9% | discussed | Read → |
| Croatia | 0.9% | discussed | Read → |