Amina Mohammed sworn in as UN Deputy Secretary-General

TIL Desk/World/United Nations-Amina Mohammed, the new Deputy Secretary-General, has said that Security Council reform is a priority for the world body. “Security Council reform is a critical part of what we do in the next few years and somehow we have to balance that if we are to address the (conflict) prevention agenda,” Mohammed told the media after being sworn in on Tuesday.

She was answering a reporter’s question if she considered reforming the Council to make it more representative a part of her mandate to work for the overall reform of the UN. “On Security reform, that is something that I will work to support the Secretary-General,” she said.

India has invested heavily in Council reforms and is lobbying for a permanent seat on the body. The process has failed to make progress in over nearly two decades. Mohammed, a former Environment Minister of Nigeria, was appointed by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the second highest job at the UN.