Secretary-General

Appointment of the Secretary-General of the United Nations

13 October 2016

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (centre) congratulates António Guterres (centre, back to camera), Secretary-General-designate, on his appointment by acclamation to serve the United Nations as its ninth Secretary-General. Looking on are Peter Thomson (right), President of the seventy-first session of the General Assembly, and Catherine Pollard (left), Under-Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.

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