Tag: António Guterres
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UN Chief condemns Benue attacks
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Benue, North Central Nigeria, in which scores of civilians were killed.
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Guterres calls for reparations, justice for Africans, diaspora
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres renewed his calls for Member states and the United Nations to work towards justice and reparations for Africans and the diaspora.
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World leaders must re-boot global cooperation for today and tomorrow – By Antonio Guterres
Final negotiations are underway in New York for this month’s Summit of the Future, where Heads of State will agree on reforms to the building blocks of global cooperation. The United Nations has convened this unique Summit because of a stark fact: global problems are moving faster than the institutions designed to solve them.
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Prepare for next pandemic – UN chief raises alarm
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged the world to prepare for the next pandemic and act on lessons learned from COVID-19.
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General Assembly approves $3.59bn UN budget for 2024
The General Assembly has approved a US$3.59 billion budget for the United Nations for 2024, including the establishment for a special account to finance the Organisation’s peace-building fund.
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UN chief mourns 89 staff killed in Gaza
UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Monday joined the UN family in mourning 89 staff from its agency that assisted Palestine refugees (UNRWA), who were killed in Gaza.
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UN chief ‘horrified’ by strike on ambulance convoy in Gaza
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has described a strike on an ambulance convoy outside a hospital in the Gaza Strip as horrific, reiterating his appeal for a humanitarian ceasefire.
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Israel allows entry of emergency aid coordinator in spite row with UN
Israel said that it is allowing UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Martin Griffiths to enter the country more than three weeks after the start of the Gaza war.
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Israel-Palestine: UN Chief reiterates call for humanitarian ceasefire
The UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, has reiterated the call for immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the war ongoing between Israel and militant group Hamas.
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Middle East on ‘verge of abyss’ – UN chief
UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Sunday that the Middle East was on the “verge of the abyss” as he urged Islamist Hamas to immediately release the hostages it took.