Tag: António Guterres
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Why Earth experienced hottest three-month period on record- UN agency
The past three months have been the hottest ever recorded on Earth, according to the United Nation’s World Meteorological Organisation.
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Nigeria mobilises $500m for food system transformation – Shettima
Vice President Kashim Shettima has disclosed that Nigeria has mobilised more than half a billion dollars for innovative, profitable, equitable and sustainable food system transformation initiatives.
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UN chief congratulates Tinubu, seeks stronger ties with Nigeria
United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday congratulated President Bola Tinubu on his inauguration as the 16th Nigerian President. The Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General Stephane Dujarric said this while fielding question from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent at UN headquarters in New York. “Nigeria is an important partner of…
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UN chief shocked, saddened by U.S. California mass shooting
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed shock and sadness by the mass shooting in Monterey Park in the U.S. state of California. Stephane Dujarric, the chief spokesman for the UN chief said in a statement. Five women and five men were killed while another 10 people were injured in the mass shooting Saturday night in…
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UN chief pledges to make 2023 “a year of peace”
United Nation (UN) Secretary General, Antonio Guterres on Monday, pledged to make 2023 “a year for peace” and a “year for action”, highlighting the need for practical solutions to a raft of pressing problems facing all regions of the world. Guterres who made the pledge at the end of year press conference at UN Headquarters,…
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Guterres appoints Nigerian Balogun-Alexander UN Resident Coordinator in Timor-Leste
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday announced the appointment of Ms Olufunmilayo Balogun-Alexander of Nigeria as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Timor-Leste, with the host Government’s approval. Guterres, in a statement, stated that Balogun-Alexander’s appointment is with immediate effect as she takes up her post on Dec. 1, 2022.
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UN Secretary-General reacts to breakdown of negotiations at COP27
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has decried the breakdown of trust between the global North and South at the ongoing 27th session of Conference of Parties (COP27) on Climate Change in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. Guterres in his remark at COP27 briefing on Thursday, said the breakdown in trust between North and South, and…
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UN Chief, Antonio Guterres says UN-AU collaboration best ever
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lauded the collaboration between the UN and the African Union (AU), describing it as the best ever, but warned that major challenges were imminent. Guterres said at a Security Council meeting on cooperation between the UN and the AU that in the 20 years since its creation, the…
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UN Secretary-General condemns attack on peacekeepers in DRC
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Friday’s attack on UN peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which left one Pakistani blue helmet dead. “The secretary-general recalls that attacks against United Nations peacekeepers may constitute a war crime under international law. “He calls on the Congolese authorities to investigate this incident and…
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Turkish President Recep, UN’s Guterres travel to Ukraine to meet Zelensky
United Nations (UN) Secretary General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan are expected to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Ukraine on Thursday. Guterres arrived in Lviv on Wednesday evening, the UN said. The meeting, planned to take place in the western city of Lviv, will discuss efforts aimed at “ending the war…