Guterres, whose first five-year term began on January 1, 2017 and ends on December 31, 2021, was the sole candidate from the UN’s 193 member states to vie for the top job.
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Guterres also joined the global call to involve women and girls with autism and their advocates in policy and the decision-making process to address the challenges they faced.
The Secretary-General, in a statement issued in New York, called on the Federal Government to bring the abductors of the schoolgirls to justice.
Trump had, in a nationwide broadcast, announced: “To fulfil my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord but begin negotiations to re-enter our way into Paris Accord”.
Guterres, who stated this while unveiling his 100-day agenda during a meeting with UN Correspondents after his swearing-in on Monday, said his focus would be on gender parity
Ki-moon will step down on December 31, 2016, while Guterres will assume office on January 1, 2017 for a five-year term.
Guterres, 67, was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015
“At this time of national mourning, I offer the support of the United Nations to work alongside the people of the island,” Ki-Moon said
“It shows genuine interest in the humanitarian approach to our problems, which he very correctly and eloquently described in terms of security, economic and how international community and the United Nations in particular, which he represents, intends to help us to solve these problems