Austrian Volker Türk Sworn In UN Deputy Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination

PeopleDiplomats ♦ Published: July 25, 2019; 12:33 ♦ (Vindobona)

UN Secretary-General António Guterres swore in Austrian Volker Türk as Deputy Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination. The Australian Gillian Triggs succeeds him.

Secretary-General António Guterres (left) swears in Volker Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General. / Picture: © UN Photo / Evan Schneider

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has sworn in Volker Türk of Austria as Assistant Secretary-General for Strategic Coordination in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General.

He succeeds Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond of Chile who was appointed as Special Adviser of the Secretary-General on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the United Nations’ 75th…