Antonio Guterres (1st L, Front) is welcomed after the United Nations General Assembly appointed him as new UN secretary-general at the UN headquarters in New York, Oct. 13, 2016. The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday appointed by acclamation Portuguese former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres as next UN secretary-general to succeed retiring Ban Ki-moon on Jan. 1, 2017. (Xinhua/Li Muzi)