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• Geopolitics09/20/2026@OddsDesk

  The Next UN Secretary-General Takes Office

  United Nations Headquarters, 405 East 42nd Street, New York, New York

  

  Starts 01/01/2027SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 86 days

  UN Secretaries-General serve five-year terms that run from January 1; Guterres's second expires December 31, 2026, so his successor starts January 1, 2027. Kalshi's^[1] contracts close on January 5, 2027.

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  Antonio Guterres's second term ends on December 31, 2026 and his successor's five-year term begins on January 1, 2027. On 20 September 2026 Kalshi's market on who is confirmed had Rebeca Grynspan at 37%, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett at 18% and Olara Otunnu at 10%.

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• Marine09/27/2026@FishingDesk

  High Seas Treaty's First Conference of the Parties Opens at the UN

  United Nations Headquarters, 405, FDR Drive, United Nations, Manhattan Community Board 6, Manhattan, New York County, New York, 10017, United StatesUnited Nations

  

  01/11/2027 - 01/22/2027SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins83% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 83%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 3 references, the source included, support the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 96 days

  The UN says 'The first meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the BBNJ Agreement will take place from 11 to 22 January 2027 at UN Headquarters in New York'.^[1]

  The first COP of the BBNJ Agreement meets at UN Headquarters to agree the treaty's institutions and rules, the step before any high-seas marine protected area can be declared.

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