Guterres Sworn in as New UN Secy General, Calls for Gender Parity
The former UN High Commissioner for refugees was elected to the top job by acclamation in the General Assembly.
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Antonio Guterres on Monday addressed the 193 member-nations of the General Assembly after being sworn in as Secretary-General of the United Nations.
The former UN High Commissioner for refugees was elected to the top job by acclamation in the General Assembly in October. He takes over from Ban Ki-moon on 1 January 2017.
Addressing member nations, he said the world body must work to simplify, decentralise and make more flexible its sprawling bureaucracy.
Guterres, 67, performed well in answering questions before assembly members and his executive experience as prime minister and as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005-2015 propelled him to first place among 13 candidates vying for the job in informal polls in the Security Council.
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