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UN Security Council Picks Next Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres

posted by martyb on Thursday October 06 2016, @05:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the Good-Luck! dept.

takyon writes:

Antonio Guterres will become the next United Nations Secretary-General after winning a straw poll unanimously:

Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is set to become the next United Nations secretary-general, after the 15 Security Council members agreed to put his name forward to a formal vote. Guterres, who was head of the UN's refugee agency for 10 years until 2015, emerged as the Security Council's runaway favorite after the latest in a series of straw polls on Wednesday. Vitaly Churkin, the Russian ambassador to the UN and current Security Council president, told reporters that Guterres would face a vote in the Security Council on Thursday. "Today, after our sixth straw poll we have a clear favorite, and his name is Antonio Guterres," he said.

The BBC has some background information about Guterres.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 06 2016, @06:33PM (#411195)

    drawing straws?

    Because really, who would want that job, you'll just be the fall guy for all the back actions of the autonomous entities running rampant in the UN, right?