To win the slot he, and every other candidate, needs to get the vote of the undeveloped nations. You can bet that they will be all saying that they are demanding developed nations shovel huge amounts of cash their way.
It is widely accepted that the UN is a corrupt organisation. How on earth did Saudi Arabia get onto a human rights committee. This fact is reason enough to close the UN down. It was once a utopian idea.
The real power is in the hands of the Security Council with 5 permanent members. The pulp UN is merely a talkfest get together.
As for Rudd. What does it say about the other social democrat candidates that a failure like Rudd is running.
