António Guterres, secretary-general of the United Nations
(UN), has asked Amina Mohammed to serve as deputy secretary-general for a
second term.
On Friday, Guterres was re-appointed as the
secretary-general of the UN for a second term by the general assembly.
His second term starts on January 1, 2022, and will run for
a period of five years.
Guterres succeeded Ban Ki-moon in January 2017 as the ninth secretary-general.
Speaking with journalists after taking the oath of office
for a second term, Guterres said he had extended an offer to Mohammed to
continue in office.
“After being elected, I have the pleasure to invite the
deputy secretary-general to remain in my second mandate and I hope she will
accept,” he said.
Mohammed, who was standing behind Guterres at the press
briefing, responded with the comment “absolute honour”.
Before her appointment in 2017, she was Nigeria’s minister
of environment under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
She had also served as the special adviser to Ban Ki-moon on
post-2015 development planning, which focused on the 2030 agenda for
sustainable development goals.
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