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This is a list of the current permanent representatives to the United Nations at United Nations Headquarters, New York City. The list includes the country that they represent and the date that they presented their credentials to the UN Secretary-General. [1] The list is sorted by the official order in which the flags are flown in front of UN ...
The secretary-general of the United Nations (UNSG or UNSECGEN) is the chief administrative officer of the United Nations and head of the United Nations Secretariat, one of the six principal organs of the United Nations. The role of the secretary-general and of the secretariat is laid out by Chapter XV (Articles 97 to 101) of the United Nations ...
A special representative of the Secretary-General is a highly respected expert who has been appointed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations to represent them in meetings with heads of state on critical human rights issues.
United Nations secretary-general selection is the process of selecting the next secretary-general of the United Nations. To be selected as secretary-general, a candidate must receive the votes of at least nine members of the United Nations Security Council, with no vetoes from permanent members. The secretary-general is then appointed by a ...
Visited the gravesite of former UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld; Held bilateral meetings with the President of Costa Rica, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, and the President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández. 24–28 June [149] Portugal: Lisbon: Attended the United Nations Ocean Conference; Met with Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa; 1–4 ...
United Nations Security Council resolutions concerning appointment of the Secretary-General (16 P) Pages in category "Secretaries-general of the United Nations" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
In 2012, the official United Nations Twitter account posted an erroneous tweet, implying that the U.N. Secretary-General supports a one-state solution to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict. The tweet was later found to have been written by spokesperson Nancy Groves, who attributed it to a "terrible typo". [2]
Guterres became United Nations Secretary-General on 1 January 2017, following his formal election by the UN General Assembly on 13 October 2016. [44] Guterres and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry shake hands, 4 November 2016. On 29 February 2016, Guterres submitted his nomination as Portugal's candidate for the 2016 UN secretary-general ...