The UN Security Council on Thursday (Oct 7) unanimously backed former Portuguese premier Antonio Guterres to be the next UN chief as the world body's powerful organ recommended to the General Assembly to appoint him for a five-year term.
The 15-member Council held a formal vote here to elect Guterres, 67, a day after it said the former UN High Commissioner for refugees had emerged as the ‘clear favorite’ to succeed Ban Ki-moon, 72, as the 9th Secretary General.
Guterres's name will now be considered by the 193-member General Assembly for final confirmation. The Assembly's membership historically chooses the candidate that the Council decides upon.
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