UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Liu Zhenmin of the People's Republic of China as the next Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs.    

Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, said Thursday at the daily news briefing that Liu will succeed Wu Hongbo of the People's Republic of China "to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his commitment and dedicated service to the Organization, and for successfully guiding the preparations for the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the third International Conference on Small Island Developing States, third International Conference on Financing for Development, and the United Nations Ocean Conference."

(Source: Xinhua)