Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres was unanimously
selected on Wednesday Oct 05,2016 by the UN Security Council as the next UN
Secretary-General, succeeding Ban Ki-moon on January 1, 2017.
Antonio Guterres was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and then served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015.
Antonio Guterres, the 67-year-old former head of UN's refugee organisation for 10 years, emerged as a leading candidate in all of the Security Council's straw polls.
The 15-nation Council conducted a sixth straw poll on Wednesday Oct 05,2016 in which Guterres received 13 encourage votes and two no opinion votes.
None of the five veto-wielding permanent members voted against him, clearing the way for Guterres to become the 9th Secretary General of the UN
"Today after our sixth straw poll we have a clear favourite and his name is Antonio Guterres," Russia's envoy to the UN and President of the Council for October Vitaly Churkin told after the straw poll.
Flanked by the Permanent Representatives of the 14 Council members, Churkin said the Council will meet again to take a formal vote, which is expected to pass by acclamation.
That decision would then be formally submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"We wish Guterres well in discharging his duties as the Secretary General of the UN for the next five years," Churkin said.
Churkin also informed President of the UN General Assembly Peter Thomson that Guterres had emerged as the unanimous choice after the sixth informal and first colour-coded straw poll for the position of Secretary-General.
Note
Ban ki-moon is the 8th Secretary-General in the organisation's 70-year history. He took office in January 2007 and will be ending his 10-year tenure on December 31, 2016
Antonio Guterres's selection for the post of the world's top diplomat slashed hopes for a woman to succeed Ban Ki-moon.
Antonio Guterres was Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and then served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015.
Antonio Guterres, the 67-year-old former head of UN's refugee organisation for 10 years, emerged as a leading candidate in all of the Security Council's straw polls.
The 15-nation Council conducted a sixth straw poll on Wednesday Oct 05,2016 in which Guterres received 13 encourage votes and two no opinion votes.
None of the five veto-wielding permanent members voted against him, clearing the way for Guterres to become the 9th Secretary General of the UN
"Today after our sixth straw poll we have a clear favourite and his name is Antonio Guterres," Russia's envoy to the UN and President of the Council for October Vitaly Churkin told after the straw poll.
Flanked by the Permanent Representatives of the 14 Council members, Churkin said the Council will meet again to take a formal vote, which is expected to pass by acclamation.
That decision would then be formally submitted to the General Assembly for its consideration.
"We wish Guterres well in discharging his duties as the Secretary General of the UN for the next five years," Churkin said.
Churkin also informed President of the UN General Assembly Peter Thomson that Guterres had emerged as the unanimous choice after the sixth informal and first colour-coded straw poll for the position of Secretary-General.
Note
Ban ki-moon is the 8th Secretary-General in the organisation's 70-year history. He took office in January 2007 and will be ending his 10-year tenure on December 31, 2016
Antonio Guterres's selection for the post of the world's top diplomat slashed hopes for a woman to succeed Ban Ki-moon.
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