[The Security Council holds the seventh round of intentional voting for the selection of the United Nations Secretary-General] On October 31, the United Nations Security Council held the seventh round of intentional voting for the selection of the next United Nations Secretary-General on October 30. Barta, the rotating president of the Security Council for that month and the Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, said after the vote that the results of the vote will be notified to the candidates through the country that selected the candidates. The Security Council's intention voting is conducted behind closed doors, with only representatives of Security Council members present, and the voting results are not officially recorded or announced to the public. The voting intentions are "encourage", "discourage" and "not express an opinion" respectively. In the Security Council intention vote, a candidate must receive at least 9 votes of encouragement and none of the five permanent members dissuade him before he can be recommended by the Security Council and appointed by the United Nations General Assembly. The selection of the next United Nations Secretary-General started in November last year. The first six rounds of intentional voting by the Security Council were held on July 30, August 21, September 18, September 29, October 7, and October 16 respectively. Currently, there are 7 candidates. The current United Nations Secretary-General Guterres is from Portugal. He took office in January 2017 and was re-elected in 2021. His term will be until December 31 this year. According to convention, the term of the Secretary-General is 5 years and may be reappointed. (CCTV News)