Inside Story/Al Jazeera: Can incoming UN boss Antonio Guterres end Syria's war?
What can Antonio Guterres, the next UN leader, do to end six years of war in Syria?
When Antonio Guterres, the UN's new Secretary General, assumes his duties in January - he will inherit, among other challenges, six years of war in Syria.
His predecessor, Ban Ki-moon, failed to engineer an end to the Syrian conflict that has killed an estimated 400,000 people and displaced almost 11 million Syrians - half the country's pre-war population.
Guterres has said ending the war will be a "top priority", and he is currently in Russia meeting President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, allies of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
But the 67-year-old isn't the only new face at the UN.
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