UN Secretary General voting

Helen Clark looking for breakthrough in third UN poll

RNZ reports with the withdrawal of Montenegro's Foreign Minister Igor Luksic, the field has now narrowed to 10.

In the second straw poll earlier this month Ms Clark was pushed back to seventh place; down from sixth after the first vote.

Ms Clark described the result as disappointing but Prime Minister John Key and Foreign Minister Murray McCully, who have been lobbying hard for her, said she was not yet out for the count.