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In 2015, the General Assembly adopted a <a href=\"https:\/\/undocs.org\/en\/A\/RES\/69\/321\">landmark resolution<\/a> that set out a new transparent, open and inclusive process to select and appoint the Secretary-General.<\/p>\n<p>This process was successfully implemented during the 70th session of the General Assembly. For the first time, there was a clearly defined nomination procedure. Candidates were invited to provide a vision statement and were able to participate in informal dialogues with the entire General Assembly. Unlike in previous years, civil society and the wider global public were able to engage with the candidates. The process culminated with the General Assembly appointing Mr. Ant\u00f3nio Guterres as Secretary-General on 13 October 2016.<\/p>\n<p>The five-year term of Mr. Guterres concludes on 31 December 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The President of the 75th session of the General Assembly, H.E. 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In a period of unprecedented global challenges, he has drawn on his commitment to the UN Charter to mobilize people and launch action to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, address the climate emergency, advance gender equality, and achieve ambitious 21st century reforms to enhance the Organization\u2019s vital efforts to secure peace, sustainable development, human rights and humanitarian aid.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to his appointment as Secretary-General, Mr. Guterres served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from June 2005 to December 2015, heading one of the world\u2019s foremost humanitarian organizations during some of the most serious displacement crises in decades and in a period in which the number of people displaced by conflict and persecution rose from 38 million in 2005 to over 60 million in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>As president of the European Council in early 2000, he led the adoption of the Lisbon Agenda for growth and jobs, and co-chaired the first European Union-Africa summit. He was a member of the Portuguese Council of State from 1991 to 2002.<br \/>Mr. Guterres was elected to the Portuguese Parliament in 1976 where he served as a member for 17 years. During that time, he chaired the Parliamentary Committee for Economy, Finance and Planning, and later the Parliamentary Committee for Territorial Administration, Municipalities and Environment. He was also leader of his party\u2019s parliamentary group.<br \/>From 1981 to 1983, Mr. Guterres was a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, where he chaired the Committee on Demography, Migration and Refugees.<\/p>\n<p>For many years Mr. Guterres was active in the Socialist International, a worldwide organization of social democratic political parties. He was the group\u2019s vice-president from 1992 to 1999, co-chairing the African Committee and later the Development Committee. He served as President from 1999 until mid-2005. In addition, he founded the Portuguese Refugee Council as well as the Portuguese Consumers Association DECO, and served as president of the Centro de Ac\u00e7\u00e3o Social Universit\u00e1rio, an association carrying out social development projects in poor neighborhoods of Lisbon, in the early 1970s.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Guterres is a member of the Club of Madrid, a leadership alliance of democratic former presidents and prime ministers from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Guterres was born in Lisbon in 1949 and graduated from the Instituto Superior T\u00e9cnico with a degree in engineering. He is fluent in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish. 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