António Guterres sworn in as new UN Secretary General

 

 

UNITED NATIONS: -- Former Portuguese Prime Minister António Guterres, has been sworn in as Secretary General of the United Nations during an inauguration ceremony at the organisation’s Headquarters in New York. He was appointed to the post in October.

 

From fear to trust

 

In his speech Guterres said that he aimed to inspire people to move from fear to trust of one another. He wanted to help forge a world shaped by the values of the UN charter.

 

Radical change

 

António Guterres said that the UN risked being overtaken by the global challenges it faced and needed to change. He set out radical plans to simplify and decentralize the organisation, and to make it more flexible.

 

Women remained a significant priority, the UN having previously failed to meet its target for complete gender parity by the year 2000. Guterres said that he planned to have met the target amongst his own appointments by the end of his term of office.

 

Tributes to Ban Ki-moon

 

Current Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, who has been in post for ten years, received tributes from the Assembly.

 

In particular he was praised for the progress made under his leadership towards the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change. His contributions to feminism, and to multilingualism at the UN, were also brought to the fore.

 

Ban Ki-moon will hand over his role to Guterres on 1 January.

 

 

-- © Copyright Euronews 2016-12-13

I've heard good things about this guy.  Let's hope he accomplishes more than the previous SG did.

This position had lost a lot of its importance over the years. And I don't see it coming back, no matter the SG.

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1 minute ago, stevenl said:

This position had lost a lot of its importance over the years. And I don't see it coming back, no matter the SG.

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Sad, but probably true....

18 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

I've heard good things about this guy.  Let's hope he accomplishes more than the previous SG did.

You heard wrong. Apart from being a thug he is a muslim lover and his aim is to Islamify the UN

4 minutes ago, lungnorm said:

You heard wrong. Apart from being a thug he is a muslim lover and his aim is to Islamify the UN

Do you have credible links to support this?

16 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Do you have credible links to support this?

I omitted to say he is also a communist. Items I have read since he was first nominated indicated his aims.

2 minutes ago, lungnorm said:

I omitted to say he is also a communist. Items I have read since he was first nominated indicated his aims.

So no credible links?  What I found what this, which makes sense.

 

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/antonio-guterres-un-refugee-chief-says-to-reject-muslim-syrian-refugees-is-to-support-isis-a6763676.html

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“On the contrary, we have refugee movements because of tyranny, of conflict and of terrorism,” he said.

 

Mr Guterres warned then that rejecting Muslim refugees would give Isis “a fantastic argument” and they would exploit “Western fears” to fuel their propaganda and take advantage of isolated Muslims.

 

 

16 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Do you have credible links to support this?

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/antonio-guterres-the-new-un-secretarygeneral-is-not-a-realist/news-story/5111f9b20367e1f17305d71f60f8c421

1 minute ago, lungnorm said:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/antonio-guterres-the-new-un-secretarygeneral-is-not-a-realist/news-story/5111f9b20367e1f17305d71f60f8c421

Can't get to that....

16 hours ago, craigt3365 said:

Can't get to that....

Well I got to to it ok. Try typing it in by hand. Or do as I did just google him re islamic ties

7 minutes ago, lungnorm said:

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/antonio-guterres-the-new-un-secretarygeneral-is-not-a-realist/news-story/5111f9b20367e1f17305d71f60f8c421

 

 

Opinions. Got any facts to base your post on?

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8 hours ago, webfact said:

In his speech Guterres said that he aimed to inspire people to move from fear to trust of one another. He wanted to help forge a world shaped by the values of the UN charter.

Good luck Guterrez I have been waiting 60 years for this ain't going to happen. Its just a changing of the guard at the UN one toothless tiger replaces another. 

18 hours ago, elgordo38 said:

Good luck Guterrez I have been waiting 60 years for this ain't going to happen. Its just a changing of the guard at the UN one toothless tiger replaces another. 

But now they are milking more money from member countries than ever before. Time for them to go.

Just now, lungnorm said:

But now they are milking more money from member countries than ever before. Time for them to go.

Ah a kindred spirit. 

Dear All,

Antonio Guterres was Secretary-general of Portugal's Socialist Party, member of an european group of political parties founded by very "dangerous communists", as Willy Brandt, Olof Palme, François Mitterrand, Felipe Gonzalez and George Papandreou. Actually, they (were) are the epitome of democrats, and have preferred links to the Democrats in the USA.

This said, Mr. Guterres is a long term practising catholic, which I don't think puts him as a "muslim lover". What he surely is is a humanist, which he showed during his ten year term as UN Commissioner for the Refugees. 

The up-mentioned comments may only be based on either of two things: sheer ignorance or - what is worse - right-wing radicalism. The kind of radicalism that can't distinguish a christian-democrat from a social-democrat from a ... rabbitt ;-)

This said, I hope that many of us that are expats can gain from the new UN's Secretary-General views, regarding the necessity of integration of expats in foreign societies, instead of their constant rejection that can only conduct to ostracism and blind views...