Antonio Guterres

UN chief urges immediate cease-fire in Gaza

10:47 pm May 20, 2021

United Nations: The UN chief is urging an immediate cease-fire between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas rulers at the start of a UN General Assembly emergency meeting. The session is expected to hear from about 100 speakers, including 12 ministers mainly from Arab and Islamic countries. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told Thursday’s in-person meeting in the assembly chamber that he and the U.N. Mideast envoy are engaged […]

UN chief warns against criminal exploitation of COVID-19 recovery resources

UN-led informal Cyprus talks stall, new round planned

7:28 pm April 29, 2021

Geneva: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that Turkish Cypriots and Greek Cypriots failed to make headway in informal talks on the future of their ethnically divided island, but talks will continue and “I do not give up.” The United Nations chief invested his political capital in overseeing three days of talks in Geneva aimed […]

UN chief blasts vaccine nationalism, hoarding, side deals

11:24 am March 12, 2021

United Nations: The United Nations chief criticised the ”many examples of vaccine nationalism and vaccine hoarding” as well as side deals with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers that undermine access to all people in the world. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement marking one year since the UN World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic that ”the global vaccination campaign represents the […]

World’s biggest emitters like China, India, Russia, need to step up and lower emissions: Kerry

2:35 pm February 20, 2021

United Nations: The world’s big emitting countries, including China, India, Russia, and Japan need to “really step up” and begin to lower greenhouse gas emissions, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has said as he called on all nations to raise their ambition to fight against climate change. Kerry on Friday joined UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a special virtual event to mark the United […]

UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK

12:00 am February 19, 2021

United Nations: Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says. Unlike past U.N. reports that focused on one issue and avoided telling leaders actions to take, Thursday’s report combines three intertwined environment crises […]

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