No one should doubt the humanitarian heart of UN Secretary-General António Guterres, whose start in public service followed his engagement in the Catholic Church’s “social action” channel. After his term as Prime Minister of Portugal, he served as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, arguably the toughest and most heartbreaking job in any international institution, during the still-ongoing Syrian refugee crisis, the worst since World War II.
What has emerged more strongly since his elevation to UN Secretary General, however, is a tendency to use that position to promote socialism. But this seems to have mattered little to the members of the UN Security Council who recommended him for a second term; neither the United States nor any other permanent member raised questions about his reappointment.
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