Officially, the UN security Council has put forward former Prime Minister of Portugal, antónio Guterres, a single candidate for the post of General Secretary.
New UN Secretary General will be appointed on October 13. This is stated in a letter to General Assembly President Peter Thomson, sent to the Embassy.
“I have the honour to inform you that the appointment of the UN Secretary-General, pursuant to paragraph 113, it was announced on Thursday, 13 October 2016, 10:00 in the hall of Assembly,” the letter says.
We will remind, the UN Security Council of 6 October, officially nominated former Prime Minister of Portugal, antónio Guterres, a single candidate for the post of UN Secretary General.
The mandate of the current UN Secretary-General ban Ki-moon expire on 31 December