Press Conferences

United States Representative Speaks to Press on Selection of Next UN Secretary-General

5 October 2016

Samantha Power, United States Permanent Representative, speaks to journalists on the selection of the next Secretary-General of the United Nations. Security Council members together announced to the press that the Council intended to formally recommend to the General Assembly on 6 October, by acclamation, the appointment of António Guterres, former Prime Minister of Portugal and former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, as the next Secretary-General.

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