France, March 3 -- The selection process was launched last November, with each candidate to be formally nominated by a state or group of states, not necessarily by their country of origin. The Security Council must begin the selection process by the end of July.

UN General Assembly spokeswoman La Neice Collins confirmed Burundi's nomination of Sall on Monday.

Burundi currently chairs the African Union (AU), and a source close to Sall told French news agency AFP that during Sall's time as president of the AU, fromFebruary 2022 to February 2023, his priority "was to carry Africa's voice within international bodies".

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