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Incoming UN Secretary-General António Guterres has announced Amina Mohammed as his Deputy Secretary-General.
Mr. Guterres made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Stephane Dujarric.
Mohammed, Nigeria’s current Minister of Environment, was former UN Under-Secretary-General to outgoing UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the 2030 Agenda for Development.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the secretary-general-designate also announced the appointment of two other women into top UN positions.
Mr. Guterres will assume office on January 1, 2017, for the next five years.
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