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UNITED NATIONS， Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- Antonio Guterres， former prime minister of Portugal， held his lead on Friday in a second round of unofficial voting conducted by the Security Council on the standings of candidates for the post of the next UN secretary-general.


Guterres， also the former UN high commissioner for refugees， garnered 11 "encourage" votes， two "discourage" votes and two "no opinion" from the 15-nation council in its second secret straw poll on