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Antonio Guterres made his pitch for a second five-year term as UN secretary general on Friday, describing himself as a “bridge-builder and an honest broker” at a “fragile moment” in world affairs.
Mr Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister and UN refugee chief, looks set to keep his job once his first term expires at the end of 2021, thanks to an opaque selection process that is micromanaged by the US, China and other big powers.
Seven people have nominated themselves as challengers to the incumbent, including former Ecuadoran president Rosalia Arteaga, but none of them has the necessary backing of a UN member state.
Antonio Guterres lays out vision for second term as UN chief
by Edith M. Lederer, The Associated Press
Posted May 7, 2021 4:55 pm MDT
Last Updated May 7, 2021 at 5:00 pm MDT
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, speaks to the media, attends a press conference about the end of a 5+1 Meeting on Cyprus, at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Thursday, April 29, 2021. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
CAMEROON, Cameroon Secretary-General Antonio Guterres laid out his vision for a second term as U.N. chief on Friday, calling for a “surge in diplomacy for peace,” urging the world’s nations to avoid a new type of Cold War, and stressing that in the 21st century everything from the climate crisis to nuclear proliferation and the pushback on human rights is inter-linked.
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