Antonio Guterres
Antonio Guterres calls for reform of UN Security Council and global institutions
UN chief opens annual General Assembly by urging global leaders to address the climate crisis, gender inequality and poverty
World
September 19, 2023, 1:20 PM
UN General Assembly gets under way in New York
US President Joe Biden expected to use speech to galvanise support for fighting climate change and strengthen backing for Ukraine
World
September 19, 2023, 9:00 AM
UN chief calls for Africa to become renewable energy superpower
Africa has received only 2% of global investments in renewable energy over past two decades, UN says
World
September 05, 2023, 2:58 PM
UN says Russia's grain gambit already having negative effects
Antonio Guterres urges Moscow to return to Black Sea shipping deal
Europe
July 24, 2023, 2:50 PM
UK's Cleverly says nations must work together on AI governance
UN Security Council session comes ahead of the first global AI safety summit in the UK later this year
World
July 18, 2023, 6:13 PM
Security Council gives UN chief 30 days to come up with Haiti gang response
Resolution also authorises UN advisers to scale up support and training for Haiti’s understaffed and underfunded national police force
World
July 14, 2023, 7:09 PM
President Sheikh Mohamed discusses Black Sea grain deal in call with UN Secretary General
Antonio Guterres thanked the UAE for its ongoing support
Government
July 13, 2023, 4:18 AM
UN warns Sudan on verge of full-scale civil war
Secretary General Antonio Guterres voices concern after at least 22 killed in air strike near Khartoum
MENA
July 09, 2023, 10:40 AM
UN chief calls for multinational force to help gang-ravaged Haiti
Criminal groups block roads, control access to food and health care, and undermine humanitarian support as they terrorise the population
World
July 06, 2023, 8:40 PM
Antonio Guterres to set up AI advisory group
UN Secretary General tells summit of plans to harness technology's benefits for the greater good
Europe
July 06, 2023, 10:55 AM
Paris summit gains billions in global finance for countries hurt by climate change
Antonio Guterres attacks 'obsolete, dysfunctional and unfair' world financial infrastructure that perpetuates and worsens global inequality
Europe
June 22, 2023, 9:46 AM
UN chief warns AI threat on par with 'nuclear war'
Antonio Guterres said peacekeeping missions and humanitarian aid operations have become targets of misinformation and propaganda
World
June 12, 2023, 4:38 PM
UN chief says 'time to reform' Bretton Woods and the Security Council
Antonio Guterres said the world is counting on the G7 to demonstrate global leadership and global solidarity
US
May 21, 2023, 2:07 PM
UN chief urges 'maximum restraint' in Gaza
Security Council meets behind closed doors to address latest violence
World
May 10, 2023, 10:28 PM
Guterres and Blinken discuss 'critical importance' of Sudan ceasefire
UN Secretary General meets US Secretary of State in Washington
US
April 27, 2023, 5:04 PM
UN chief calls on Sudan’s warring parties to 'silence the guns'
Secretary General's special representative says both sides' desire for military victory could cause the country to become 'increasingly fragmented'
US
April 26, 2023, 12:26 AM
Black Sea grain initiative has reached 'dead end', Russia's Lavrov says
International agreement allowing Ukraine to export wheat, corn, sunflower oil and other agricultural products set to expire on May 18
World
April 25, 2023, 9:34 PM
UN chief warns risk of global conflict at ‘historic high’
Antonio Guterres urges Security Council members to recommit to obligations under body's charter
World
April 24, 2023, 4:59 PM
World set to generate 4 billion tonnes of waste annually by 2050, warns UN
According to the UN, humans are producing waste much faster than the planet can break it down
US
March 30, 2023, 6:38 PM
UN chief pushes for creation of investigative body to uncover fate of Syria's disappeared
New independent body would investigate victims and survivors reported missing since start of war in 2011
World
March 28, 2023, 8:36 PM
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