Guterres to continue as UN chief for second term !
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will run for a second five-year term as the organization’s chief, his spokesman said Monday. Guterres informed the president of the General Assembly and Security Council that “he is available to serve a second term as secretary general of the United Nations,” which would run from 2022 to 2026, spokesman Stephane Dujarric told a daily press briefing.
Diplomatic officials said Guterres, 71, told the UN Security Council’s permanent members on Friday that he planned to seek a second term.
A diplomat told AFP that during the meeting with representatives from China, the United States, France, Britain and Russia, Guterres described the many threats the world faces.
He underscored the need to reconcile “humanity and nature” and the importance of improved international cooperation on other challenges such as cybersecurity and terrorism, the diplomat added.
Other diplomats said Guterres’ hope to serve a second term has so far not been met with any resistance from the permanent Security Council members.
