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UN chief designate to take oath of office Next Monday

Xinhua, December 10, 2016 Adjust font size:

UN Secretary-General Designate Antonio Guterres will take his oath of office on Dec. 12 at a special meeting of the UN General Assembly (GA), UNGA President's spokesperson Dan Thomas told reporters here on Friday.

The meeting will pay tribute to outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and to administer the taking of the oath of office by Guterres, said Thomas.

The meeting is scheduled to take place at 10:00 a.m. (15:00 GMT) on Monday at UN headquarters in New York City.

On Oct.13, the UNGA appointed Portugal's former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres as the 9th secretary-general of the United Nations to succeed retiring Ban whose term expires at the end of this year.

The five-year term for Guterres will start on Jan. 1, 2017 and end on Dec.31, 2021.

Guterres, a 67-year-old politician, served as UN High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015. Before joining the UN refugee agency, Guterres spent more than 20 years in government and public service. He was the prime minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002. Enditem