TIME FOR CHANGE AT THE TOP OF THE UN – GUTERRES MUST GO
June 1st, 2021
With the United Nations security council backing the reappointment of António Guterres as UN secretary general for another five years, it is time to ask whether the global body’s political leadership needs a major overhaul.
The answer surely has to be ‘yes’.
And not just appointing a more dynamic figure than this avuncular 72-year-old former Prime Minister of Portugal to this most demanding job.
With a supportive President Joe Biden in the White House, and growing consensus among rich countries over the need to fight climate change and actively oppose ...
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