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By Vivian Onyebukwa
The United Nations Association of Nigeria (UNAN), has congratulated Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres on his re-appointment as the Secretary-General of the UN for another 5 years.
In a statement singed and made available by the President of the UNAN, Joan Agha, she lauded Guterres on his re-appointment and assured that the association will remain committed to all the goals of the UN, particularly the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Agha also expressed her profound gratitude to the re-appointed Secretary -General on re-appointing Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed as the Deputy Secretary-General and the Chair of the Sustainable Development Group shortly after he was re-appointed by the UN General Assembly.
The association highlighted the remarkable work done by the Secretary-General in the last 5 years and expressed their firm belief in his leadership for the next 5 years.
While assuring that UNAN would be at the fore front of the SDGs, Agha also expressed her organisation’s determination to hit enviable milestones on these goals.
She equally affirmed that the association looks forward to a more dynamic and impactful 5 years from the UN under the leadership of the Secretary-General.
Giving a brief history of UNAN, Agha described the association as the flagship non-profit of the UN which was set up in 1959 by Prof. Babs Fafunwa.
It could be recalled that Antonio Guterres was a two-term former Prime Minister of Portugal and served as the President of Socialist International thereafter. He started his diplomatic career at the UN as the High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015 before becoming the Secretary- General of the United Nations in 2016.
