Guterres calls for end to conflict in Ethiopia after deadly attacks
New York: The Secretary-General, António Guterres, said on Monday he was deeply saddened by reports that more than 50 civilians were killed and injured in an airstrike in northern Ethiopia, last Friday.
Release of detainees a ‘significant confidence-building step’ in Ethiopia: UN chief
New York: The Ethiopian Government on Friday freed several high-profile political detainees, a move UN Secretary-General António Guterres hailed as a “significant confidence-building step”.
‘UN stands with the people of Lebanon’, declares Guterres
New York: Elections next year will be key to a better future for Lebanon, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday ahead of an official visit to the country later this weekend.
‘Solidarity with migrants has never been more urgent’: Guterres
New York: In a message just ahead of International Migrants Day, celebrated on Saturday, the United Nations Secretary-General said that expressing solidarity with migrants on the move, “has never been more urgent.”
UN chief: ‘We cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way’
Arguing that the world “cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way”, the UN Secretary-General said on Thursday that countries “must take concrete action in the coming days” to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world’s population by the end of the year.
UN chief Guterres calls for vaccine equity as global Covid-19 deaths exceed 5 million
United Nations/UNI/Xinhua: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for vaccine equity and continued vigilance against the coronavirus as global Covid-19 deaths exceeded 5 million.
UN Chief: ‘We need to make lying wrong again’, curb hate speech
New York: The UN Secretary-General warned on Tuesday that “hatred takes root in the soil of ignorance” of historical facts, science, and the human qualities which “bind all people together.”
At UN trade meeting, Guterres urges ‘quantum leap in support’ for vulnerable nations
New York: Recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic must be sustainable and inclusive, Secretary-General António Guterres said in remarks to a major UN trade conference which opened on Monday in Barbados, unveiling “an urgent four-point debt crisis action plan.”
New York: The UN Secretary-General on Sunday said he was committed to ensuring that the Organisation is a place where “youth voices are heard, and their ideas lead”, as he spent the day in Barbados which tomorrow hosts a major UN conference on trade and development, focused on the need to build a global green economy and recover equitably from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Guterres calls for accelerated action on jobs, poverty eradication
New York: Almost two years into the COVID-19 crisis, a huge divergence in the recovery is undermining global trust and solidarity, according to a new policy brief on jobs and poverty eradication, outlined by UN chief, António Guterres on Tuesday.
Afghanistan: Girls’ education must be a given, urges deputy UN chief
New York: Ensuring all Afghan girls can be educated must be “a zero condition” for the Taliban, before international recognition of their de facto authority, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed said on Friday.
UN chief: Window to avert devasting climate impacts ‘rapidly closing’
New York: No region is immune to climate disasters the UN chief told the Security Council on Thursday, warning that “our window of opportunity” to prevent the worst climate impacts is “rapidly closing”.
Restore trust and inspire hope, UN chief says in message to UNGA76
New York: With humanity on the edge of an abyss, and moving in the wrong direction, the world must wake up, Secretary-General António Guterres said in his keynote address to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday.
Joe Biden-Antonio Guterres meet in New York, discuss COVID-19 issue
New York: US President Joe Biden met UN chief Antonio Guterres here on Monday when they discussed the need to work with member states to end the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
$1 billion pledge a ‘quantum leap’ in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
New York: UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial $606 million flash appeal for the country.