Portugal's former Prime Minister
Antonio Guterres is poised to become the next UN Secretary general, UN
diplomats say. Mr Guterres, 66, was the "clear
favourite", Russia's UN ambassador Vitaly Churkin announced on Wednesday.
A formal vote will take place in the UN
Security Council on Thursday to confirm the choice of nominee. Mr Guterres, who led the UN refugee
agency for 10 years, will take over from Ban Ki-moon early next year.
The process was "remarkably"
uncontroversial, said Samantha Power, the US representative to the UN. "In the end, there was just a
candidate whose experience, vision, and versatility across a range of areas
proved compelling," she said, adding that the process involved more
scrutiny than ever before.
"People united
around a person who impressed throughout the process."
Source:BBC
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