Antonio Guterres

July hottest month measured, 2019 set to be among warmest years

10:40 pm August 5, 2019

Paris: July was the hottest month across the globe ever measured, and 2019 is on track to be one of the warmest years, according to data released Monday by the European Union’s Earth observation network. Searing heatwaves saw records tumble across Europe last month, with unusually high temperatures around the Arctic Circle as well. Wildfires […]

UN chief: Data shows July equaled or surpassed hottest month

6:25 pm August 2, 2019

United Nations: The latest data from the World Meteorological Organization shows the month of July “at least equaled if not surpassed the hottest month in recorded history” and it followed the hottest June ever, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. The UN chief told reporters that “this is even more significant because the previous hottest […]

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

UN chief Antonio Guterres expresses outrage at Kabul bomb attack

8:43 pm July 3, 2019

United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed outrage at the July 1 attack, claimed by Taliban, in a civilian-populated area of Kabul, appealing to all parties to the conflict in Afghanistan to uphold their obligations to protect civilians. The Taliban detonated a powerful car bomb in an area of Afghanistan’s capital housing military […]

UN report: 7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013

10:26 pm June 29, 2019

United Nations: Over 7,500 children have been killed or wounded in Yemen in the last 5 1/2 years as a result of airstrikes, shelling, fighting, suicide attacks, mines and other unexploded ordnance, according to a U.N. report released Friday. The report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the killings and injuries were among 11,779 grave violations […]

Yemen president accuses UN envoy of siding with rebels

10:53 pm May 24, 2019

Dubai: The Yemeni president has accused UN envoy Martin Griffiths of siding with the country’s Huthi rebels in a letter addressed to the UN chief. Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi said he was giving Griffiths “a final chance” to implement hard-won truce deals reached in Sweden last year. In the letter, a copy of which was obtained […]