Photographer: Al Drago / Bloomberg
Photographer: Al Drago / Bloomberg
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the five permanent members of the Security Council on Sunday that he would like to stay on for a second term, according to two diplomats familiar with the matter.
Guterres, the former prime minister of Portugal, is likely to officially report to the president of the UN General Assembly, the diplomats said, speaking on condition of anonymity as the decision was not announced in public. still public.
Guterres, 71, took up the post in January 2017 for a five-year term ending at the end of this year. Diplomats say Guterres, who managed to largely avoid Donald Trump’s anger by refusing to publicly criticize the U.S. president, was awaiting the results of the November election before coming to terms with close.
Discussion for Guterres did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Under Trump, the U.S. has been fighting again with the DAs and their agencies, disbanding the World Health Organization and fishing members of the Security Council with their effort on the remnants of a multi-nuclear deal. -national to kill Ioran. President Joe Biden has vowed to back down on his own approach by returning to the WHO, trying to repair Iran’s treaty and revert to the Paris climate agreement.
Guterres has made climate change on its nominal issue, pushing countries to reduce their carbon emissions commitments. The Biden administration has stated that climate will be a top priority and its selection for DA ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield is an experienced diplomatic representative with knowledge of four continents.
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The latest UN leaders have issued two terms, and diplomats called P5 – Russia, USA, UK, China and France – were expected to support their re-election bid. Guterres, who has been criticized at times for not calling the world powers for human rights abuses, had to spend a turbulent time at the UN as Trump turned away from the world body while in which China became increasingly confident.
The selection process for the DA chief has been unclear, with the five permanent members having an unequal influence on who will be elected, although the 2016 election is the first to be made more open. Critics have also called on the UN to sign their first woman.
Writing on behalf of a group of 25 countries, Costa Rica and Denmark in December called on the UN to ensure that the “forthcoming election process” meets the “minimum levels of transparency.”