Incoming United Nations chief appoints Nigeria’s Amina Mohammed Deputy Secretary-General
The incoming United Nations
Secretary-General António Guterres on Thursday announced Nigeria's minister of environment, Amina
Mohammed as his deputy secretary-general and Brazilian diplomat Maria
Luiza Ribeiro Viotti as chef de cabinet.
Guterres who made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric said his top team will all be female following his promise to make the women gender his top priority.
He also appointed former South Korean diplomat Kyung-wha Kang as special adviser on policy.
Before
Mrs Mohammed's appointment as the Nigerian minister of environment in 2015 by the present administration of president Buhari, she was a special adviser on post-2015
development planning to the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.Guterres who made the announcement through the spokesman of the Secretary-General, Mr Stephane Dujarric said his top team will all be female following his promise to make the women gender his top priority.
He also appointed former South Korean diplomat Kyung-wha Kang as special adviser on policy.
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