Antonio Guterres
- World
UN chief calls for end to slavery’s legacy of racism
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for an end to the legacy of the transatlantic slave trade, racism. The transatlantic trade in enslaved Africans was instrumental in shaping modern conceptions…
- World
Guterres condemns attacks on civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia, Yemen
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned attacks that targeted civilian facilities in Saudi Arabia and Yemen. “The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about reports of ongoing airstrikes in Hodeidah city and the…
- World
Guterres warns sword of Damocles hangs over global economy
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that “a sword of Damocles hangs over the global economy” because of the ongoing war in Ukraine, adding that developing countries were most at…
- Middle East
11 years of brutal fighting in Syria must end: Guterres
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a ceasefire in Syria, saying that 11 years of “brutal fighting” in the war-torn nation must end. “We cannot fail the Syrian people.…
- India
Despite repeated urgings, no safe corridor for students stranded in Sumy: India tells UNSC
United Nations: India, which has managed to safely bring back over 20,000 of its nationals from Ukraine amid the ongoing war, has said that it is deeply concerned that despite its repeated…
- World
Russia putting nuclear forces on high alert ‘chilling development’: Guterres
United Nations: UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday said that Russia putting nuclear forces on high alert is a “chilling development” amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “Nothing can justify the…
- World
UN Chief encouraged by Israeli-Palestinian engagement
United Nations: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said he is encouraged by the recent engagement between senior Israeli and Palestinian officials. Arguing that “piecemeal approaches” to the question of Palestine would only…
