Chile withdraws backing for former president Bachelet as UN secretary-general

File Photo: The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference before the end of her mandate at the U.N. in Geneva, Switzerland, August 25, 2022. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy/File Photo

SANTIAGO, ⁠March ⁠24 (Reuters) - Chile ‌on Tuesday ​said it ⁠was ⁠withdrawing its ⁠backing ‌for the ⁠candidacy ​of ‌former ⁠President ​Michelle ⁠Bachelet as Secretary-General ​of the ⁠United Nations.

(Reporting ​by ⁠Alexander Villegas, ​Editing ‌by ​Iñigo Alexander)