{
  "question": "Was today a UN vote?",
  "url": "https://was.today/a-un-vote",
  "verdict": "yes",
  "headline": "YES",
  "answer": "Yes — the Security Council held an informal poll on the next UN Secretary-General today, 26 October.",
  "details": [
    "Straw poll on seven secretary-general candidates, ballots colour-coded",
    "No candidate cleared the five permanent members' objections",
    "Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan led with nine encouraging votes"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 26",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_26"
    },
    {
      "title": "UN Watch",
      "url": "https://unwatch.org/2026/10/26/"
    },
    {
      "title": "नया लुक | Naya Look | हिंदी न्यूज़ | Hindi news | ताजा ख़बरें | Lates News in UP | नया लुक - New Media New Vision",
      "url": "https://www.nayalook.com/tag/unga/page/2/"
    },
    {
      "title": "Public now",
      "url": "https://www.publicnow.com/view/20DAF1AE77817DADE9CDC96C1542E1F21B43B711"
    },
    {
      "title": "radiocom.tv",
      "url": "https://notizie.radiocom.tv/veti-incrociati-allonu-percorso-a-ostacoli-per-scegliere-il-nuovo-segretario-generale"
    },
    {
      "title": "俄羅斯衛星通訊社",
      "url": "https://big5.sputniknews.cn/20261026/1073785024.html"
    },
    {
      "title": "UN Press Releases",
      "url": "https://press.un.org/fr/2026/ag12799.doc.htm"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-26",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/a-un-vote/2026-10-26",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T02:02:23.291Z"
}