Set up more than 70 years ago with fine ideals, the United Nations has been often criticised as ineffectual.
The new Secretary General Antonio Guterres brings to that difficult job 10 years experience as the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees.
Can he be the man who reforms the organisation and restores its credibility when he succeeds Ban Ki-moon in January?
Guterres takes office at a time of many conflicts in the world - the most pressing is Syria where the UN's role has been minimal.
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