We must help the Secretary General of the UN succeed

As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for over a decade, António Guterres set the bar high in helping millions of refugees who have escaped indomitable circumstances.

The United Nations has a new Secretary-General. António Guterres is a familiar face to many disaffected people around the world. As the UN High Commissioner for Refugees for over a decade, he set the bar high in helping millions of refugees who have escaped indomitable circumstances. He brings two essential perspectives that are most valuable: 



Firstly, he is well apprised of the sad fact that we are living through a period in history in which conflicts dislodge over 40,000 people per day. This points to the highest level of human displacement since the founding of the United Nations in order to save the world from the scourge of war. There is more to his expertise than meets the eye. Most importantly, he understands intimately that all that UN should do is to improve the condition of the people. Having a patented humanitarian at the helm of the UN is thus reassuring.

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