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Antonio Guterres

11 Sep 2022

'Never seen climate carnage on such scale': UN chief after visit to Pakistan

"I have seen many humanitarian disasters in the world, but I have never seen climate carnage on the scale of the floods here in Pakistan," United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

Antonio Guterres

10 Sep 2022

Pakistan needs ‘massive financial support’ for rehabilitation: Guterres

The remarks of the UN Secretary-General came after he attended a briefing at the National Flood Response Coordination Centre (NFRCC) alongside Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the Dawn reported.

russia ukraine tensions

19 Feb 2022

UN warns about threat to global security amid Russia-Ukraine conflict

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that a small mistake or miscommunication between major powers could have catastrophic consequences.

11 Feb 2022

Taliban FM pledged to resolve issue of missing female activists: UN

UN continues to engage Taliban to support welfare and rights of all Afghans. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed concerns over the well-being of the activists.

18 Sep 2021

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for solidarity on International Day of Peace

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on combatants around the world to lay down their arms and observe a day of global cease-fire. "We need to focus on fighting humanity`s common enemy: Covid-19," he said.

09 Jun 2018

India-UN Development Fund hailed as model South-South cooperation

India has committed $100 million over the next decade for the Fund and an additional $50 million during the next five years for Commonwealth countries, India`s Permanent Representative Syed Akbaruddin said.

UN Secretary-General

02 Jun 2018

UN chief vows to strengthen peacekeeping missions

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the world body is working hard to make peacekeeping stronger, safer and more effective.

09 Dec 2017

Rebels kill 15 peacekeepers in Congo in worst attack on UN in recent history

Suspected Ugandan rebels killed at least 15 Tanzanian U.N. peacekeepers and wounded 53 others in a raid on a base in Congo that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called the worst attack on the organisation in recent history.

22 Nov 2017

UN chief condemns suicide bombing in Nigeria

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned a suicide bombing in Nigeria in which 50 people were killed.

25 Jun 2017

Hopes fading in China for 118 still missing day after landslide

At risk from more landslides in the area, a massive rescue effort involving more than 3,000 rescue workers was underway, Xinhua reported.

24 Jun 2017

United Nations chief condemns separate bomb attacks in Pakistan

Dozens of people were killed and more than 100 were injured in the two separate attacks.

Antonio Guterres

31 May 2017

UN chief calls on world to back Paris climate deal

In his first major speech on climate action on Tuesday, Guterres promised that he will intensify high-level political engagement to "raise the bar" on climate action, Xinhua news agency reported.

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai

11 Apr 2017

Malala Yousafzai receives highest UN honour to promote girls education

Men should not clip the "wings of women and let them fly", Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai said as UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres designated her as the youngest-ever 'Messenger of Peace'.

Antonio Guterres

05 Apr 2017

US funding cut to UN Population Fund could be devastating: UN chief

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the US funding cut for the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) could have devastating effects on the health of vulnerable women and girls around the world.

Antonio Guterres

12 Dec 2016

Antonio Guterres sworn in as 9th UN Secretary General on Monday

Guterres, 67, was administered the Oath of Office by UN General Assembly president Peter Thomson at a special plenary of the General Assembly.

26 Nov 2016

UN chief Ban Ki-moon mourns death of Fidel Castro

Extending his deepest condolences to the Cuban people and to the family of Castro Ban vividly recall his meeting with the former president when he visited Cuba in January 2014.

19 Oct 2016

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon becomes godparent to newborn giant tortoise!

The baby tortoise will stay in the breeding centre for the next five years and will then return to its home island of Santiago, the GNP said in a statement.

12 Oct 2016

UNGA to appoint Antonio Guterres as new chief

The UN General Assembly will appoint Antonio Guterres as next Secretary-General on Thursday to replace the retiring Ban Ki-moon on January 1 next year.

Jammu and Kashmir

19 Aug 2016

UN chief deplores Kashmir deaths, offers to help in dialogue

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has deplored the deaths in the current unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and also offered his good offices to facilitate dialogue between India and Pakistan to "achieve a negotiated settlement" on all outstanding issues, including Kashmir.

03 Jun 2016

UN blacklists Saudi Arabia-led coalition over child deaths in Yemen

The Saudi-led coalition is reportedly responsible for 60 percent of the total 785 children who were killed and 1,168 wounded last year in Yemen.

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