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The secretary-general is also the chairman of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination (CEB), a body composed of the heads of all UN funds, programmes, and specialised agencies, which meets twice a year to discuss substantive and management issues facing the United Nations System. [10]
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 ...
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 ...
Stéphane Dujarric de la Rivière (born 25 August 1965) [3] is a French journalist who has been the Spokesman for the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres since 2014. He was appointed to this position on 19 February 2014, by the previous secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon. [4]
The United Nations Secretariat is one of the six principal organs of the United Nations (UN), [1] [2] The secretariat is the UN's executive arm. The secretariat has an important role in setting the agenda for the deliberative and decision-making bodies of the UN (i.e., the General Assembly, Economic and Social Council, and Security Council), and the implementation of the decision of these bodies.
A post on X claims that Secretary General of the North American Treaty Organization (NATO) Mark Rutte said he will expel the U.S. from the organization if President-Elect Trump “surrenders ...
A United Nations Secretary-General selection was held in June 2021 to choose the Secretary-General of the United Nations. Incumbent António Guterres was the only official candidate for the position. On June 8, 2021, Guterres was unanimously recommended by the United Nations Security Council (SC) for
In 2020, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Nderitu the UN's Under-Secretary-General and Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide, succeeding Adama Dieng of Senegal. [7] The Secretary-General described her as a "recognized voice in the field of peacebuilding and violence prevention" due to her conflict-resolution ...