United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrives for the G7 summit in Carbis Bay, Cornwall, Britain, June 12, 2021. Kirsty Wigglesworth/Pool via REUTERS
United Nations: The U.N. General Assembly elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member world organization.
Ambassadors in the assembly chamber burst into applause as Assembly President Volkan Bozkir announced Guterres’ re-election by acclamation.
Just before the announcement, Estonia’s U.N. Ambassador Sven Jurgenson, the current Security Council president, read a resolution adopted by the 15-member council recommending Guterres for a second term.
Under the U.N. Charter, the General Assembly elects the secretary-general on the recommendation of the Security Council.
