Kako su na kraju utrku napustili i Alžirac Mohammed Bedjaoui, aktuelna evropska povjerenica za vanjske odnose Benita Ferrero-Waldner iz Austrije i ekvadorska političarka i diplomata Ivonne Baki, Hosni i Bokova ostali su zadnji u natjecanju.
As Algeria's Mohammed Bedjaoui, current EU Commissioner for External Relations Benita Ferrero-Waldner of Austria and Ecuadorean politician and diplomat Ivonne Baki also quit eventually, Hosni and Bokova were the last to remain in the competition.