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Portugal's former PM approved as next UN head

(Xinhua)    09:14, October 07, 2016
Portugal's former PM approved as next UN head
The file photo shows former Portugese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, the next secretary-general for UN's Security Council. [Photo: un.org]

The UN Security Council has given its formal approval for former Portugese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres to become the UN's next secretary-general.

Russian UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin is the current rotating president of the UN Security Council.

"First of all he has great United Nations credentials having been High Commissioner for refugees for 10 years, I think, and being High Commissioner for Refugees means traveling the world and seeing some of the most gruesome conflicts we have to deal with. And then of course he is a high-level politician, he has been the prime minister of his country and he is a person who talks to everyone and listens to everyone and speaks his mind. He's very outgoing and an open person so I think it was a great choice and I'm glad we rallied around Mr. Guterres."

The 67-year old Guterres, whose appointment still has to be approved by the UN General Assembly, comes into the position following an extended stint at the UN's Human Rights chief.

"I was moved when I saw the Security Council able to decide in unity and consensus and to decide in a very quick way. And I hope this represents a symbolic moment, a moment in which Security Council enhances its capacity to act in unity and consensus creating the conditions to decide timely in relation to the dramatic problems of our time."

Current UN secretary-general Ban Ki-moon is due to leave office at the end of this year after serving 10-years as the head of the UN.

 

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