UN re-elects Antonio Guterres as secretary-general
UN re-elects Antonio Guterres as secretary-general
The UN General Assembly has re-elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general of the world organisation.
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The UN General Assembly elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member world organisation.
Ambassadors in the assembly chamber burst into applause as Assembly President Volkan Bozkir announced Guterres’ re-election by acclamation.
Just before the announcement, Estonia’s UN Ambassador Sven Jurgenson, the current Security Council president, read a resolution adopted by the 15-member council recommending Guterres for a second term.
Under the UN Charter, the General Assembly elects the secretary-general on the recommendation of the Security Council.