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Questioner presses to see blank ballot as Security Council President explains ballot options
Summary
A questioner asked to see a blank straw-poll ballot. The Security Council President declined to release numerical results but described the paper as listing three options: "encouraged, discouraged, and non opinion," and defended the council's decision to keep results internal to avoid speculation.
A questioner asked, "Ambassador, is it is it possible for us to see a blank ballot? Can you show us what the ballot looks like?" The Security Council President declined to release vote numbers and explained that the paper lists "2, 3, steps in on the paper" and that members mark "encouraged, discouraged, and non opinion."
Press follow-up challenged the decision to withhold numerical results, saying "You can't say you want transparency and then not release the results." The president replied that the choice to keep results internal "is what the Security Council has decided," and said he was reporting that collective decision rather than making it personally.
