UNSC backs Guterres for second term
The UN Security Council on Tuesday recommended Secretary General Antonio Guterres for a second five-year term as chief of the world organisation beginning January 1, 2022.
By : migrator
Update: 2021-06-08 19:57 GMT
New York
The 15-nation Council held a closed meeting where it unanimously adopted a resolution recommending Guterres’ name to the 193-member General Assembly for a second term as Secretary General.
‘India welcomes the adoption of @UN #SecurityCoun-cil resolution recommending a second term to #UnitedNa-tions Secretary-General @antonioguterres,’ India’s Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti tweeted.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had met Guterres at the United Nations headquarters and expressed New Delhi’s support to him for his second term as the world’s top diplomat
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