The New York Times :
The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday formally recommended the reelection of António Guterres as
secretary-general, assuring a second term for the Portuguese statesman that will keep him in office until 2027.
The recommendation, which goes to a ceremonial vote of approval by the 193-member General Assembly in a few weeks, ended any hope among the seven little-known contenders who had aspired to the job, including two women. The secretary-general position has been held a man since the founding of the United Nations in 1945.
“I think he is an excellent secretary-general,” the ambassador from Estonia, Sven Jurgenson, president of the Security Council for June, told reporters at the UN headquarters after the decision. “He has proven worthy of the post.”
Guterres, 72, was the only officially recognised candidate this year for the 2022-27 term, despite a more competitive and transparent system under changes to the selection process first made in the 2016 election for secretary-general.
Activist groups that had hoped to see a woman picked said before the Security Council’s recommendation that as the incumbent, Guterres had a built-in advantage.
