Likely new UN secretary-general sees 'huge challenges' ahead
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LISBON - The probable next UN secretary-general says he faces "huge challenges" and hopes to see unity and consensus during his expected term at the international body.
António Guterres praised the UN Security Council for its swiftness and unity in approving him by acclamation in a formal vote Thursday.
Guterres said he hoped the consensus would turn out to be symbolic, bringing "swift decisions which the troubled world we live in demands."
He spoke without notes in Portuguese, English, French and Spanish in a statement at the Foreign Ministry in Lisbon. He did not take reporters' questions.
