Tag: UN secretary general
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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 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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Antonio Guterres condemns attack on peacekeeper in Mali
UN Secretary-General con Sunday strongly condemned an attack in Kidal, a city in northern Mali, against a convoy of UN peacekeepers that claimed the life of a blue helmet. The Guinean peacekeeper was killed by an improvised explosive device, which detonated during a UN Stabilisation Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) mine detection operation.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres embarks on first visit to Nigeria on May 3
The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will on Tuesday 3 May, begin a two-day mission to Nigeria. During the mission, he will have an audience with the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari; the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo; Religious Leaders; Women and Youth Leaders; the Private Sector and the Diplomatic…
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UN Secretary-General condemns Zamfara attacks
UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has strongly condemned the attacks perpetrated over the weekend in Nigeria’s Zamfara State in which scores of civilians were killed. UN chief, who spoke through his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric, extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families. According to reports, an estimated 200 people or more were killed in villages in…
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António Guterres reelected as UN Secretary-General
The United Nations (UN) General Assembly unanimously elected Antonio Guterres to a second term as secretary-general on Friday, giving him another five years at the helm of the 193-member organization at a time a deeply divided world faces numerous conflicts, the growing impact of climate change, and a pandemic still circling the globe. Ambassadors in…
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COVID-19 could kill millions in Africa without immediate action, UN warns
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres fears “millions and millions” of coronavirus cases in Africa, where the youth will not be spared. He wants wealthy countries to help the developing world, for their own sake. Guterres told Radio France International (RFI) that Africa should be the priority of the international community as the continent does…
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UN Chief warns of re-surging xenophobia as he commemorates Holocaust
The world is faced with a troubling rise of intolerance against minorities and foreigners, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday in a message to commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day. “It would be a dangerous error to think of the Holocaust as simply the result of the insanity of a group of criminal Nazis,’’ he…