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- Espinosa argued the United Nations should be reduced in size while enhancing national ownership of its programs.
- She is one of six candidates seeking to replace Antonio Guterres as UN secretary-general at the end of 2026.
- She said the UN is missing, slow and fragmented, and called for restored credibility and tangible change.
- Antigua and Barbuda nominated Espinosa while Ecuador’s government under President Daniel Noboa remains silent on her candidacy.
