Original: Shortly before the end of his second term , he was unofficially requested by members of the Security Council to reconsider his earlier decision not to run for a third term , albeit shortened to two years , as a search for his successor had not , as of then , yielded a consensus candidate .
Simplified: Shortly before the end of his second term , he was unofficially requested by members of the Security Council to run for a third term of two years , to give time for a successor to be found .