SECRETARY-GENERAL: ‘Big powers clip UN Secretary General’s wings’, Foreign Policy, 15 February 2017

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres may be the world's most visible diplomat. But he is quickly learning that he is far from the most powerful. The former Portuguese prime minister is facing stiff resistance from the United States and other key U.N. powers to filling his top cabinet posts with diplomats of his own choosing, raising early concerns about how much independence he will be able to exercise. 'Big powers clip UN Secretary General's wings', Foreign Policy, 15 February 2017