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Wednesday, 1 March 2017

Former Nigerian Minister of Environment Amina Mohammed Sworn-in As UN Deputy Secretary-General

Immediate Nigeria past Minister of Environment, Amina Mohammed, has been sworn-in as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the UN at the UN Headquarters in New York on Tuesday.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the UN Secretary-General António Guterres administered the oath of office to Mohammed.

NAN reports that the Deputy UN chief, after her swearing-in, immediately swung into action by declaring open the 2017 Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Segment on Operational Activities for Development.

Her speech at the ECOSOC event was her first official engagement, followed by a brief press encounter with the UN Correspondents.
Mohammed, who was appointed by Guterres on Dec. 15, 2016, as his deputy, was supposed to have assumed office on Jan. 1, 2017.

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