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Why did Israel ban UN chief, and what are his views on the Middle East crisis?

United Nations secretary-general António Guterres addresses the 79th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, at the UN headquarters.
Published on Oct 02, 2024 08:05 pm IST

UN chief urges ceasefire to end Gaza's 'godawful nightmare'

Israel-Hamas War: In this aerial view, a convoy of lorries carrying humanitarian aid enter the Gaza Strip from Egypt via the Rafah border crossing.
Updated on Oct 21, 2023 04:04 pm IST

UN chief urges shipping industry to go Carbon neutral by 2050

UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Published on Jul 03, 2023 07:04 pm IST

UN chief congratulates Erdogan on Turkey reelection: spokesman

UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Published on May 29, 2023 07:53 am IST

We failed to stop Sudan war as clashes break truce: UN chief

A view shows a fire at the industrial area given as Omdurman, Sudan.
Published on May 04, 2023 02:55 am IST

EAM Jaishankar discusses Sudan situation with UN chief Guterres, says…

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres meets with Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar at U.N headquarters in New York City, US.
Updated on Apr 21, 2023 03:56 am IST

UN chief arrives in Ukraine to talk grain deal renewal

Russia-Ukraine war: Secretary-General of the United Nations (UN) Antonio Guterres.
Published on Mar 07, 2023 06:25 pm IST

'On highway to hell': UN chief as 2022 ends with war and nuclear, climate crises

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Published on Dec 27, 2022 12:15 pm IST

‘People have right to demonstrate peacefully, let them’: UN chief’s spokesman on farmers’ protest

Representatives of various farmer unions hold placards after a meeting with Union Minister Narendra Singh Tomar over the Center's new farm laws outside Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi.
Updated on Dec 05, 2020 11:12 pm IST

Divided world is failing Covid-19 test, says frustrated UN chief

Antonio Guterres also criticised countries for a lack of unity in trying to solve other global challenges including the conflicts in Afghanistan, Yemen and Syria.
Published on Oct 17, 2020 06:43 pm IST

UN chief to world leaders: We’re facing epochal crisis

. On Tuesday, Antonio Guterres appealed for a 100-day push by the international community, led by the Security Council, “to make this a reality by the end of the year”.
Updated on Sept 23, 2020 04:39 am IST

UN chief slams countries for making Covid-19 vaccination ‘side deals’ for their own population

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks during the 75th annual UN General Assembly, which is being held mostly virtually due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, US.
Published on Sept 22, 2020 10:34 pm IST

World must unite on climate or ‘we will be doomed’: UN chief

World powers must pull together and retool their economies for a green future or humanity will be “doomed”, UN chief Antonio Guterres has warned.
Published on Sept 08, 2020 05:39 pm IST

UN chief to renew call to India, G20 nations to invest in sustainable transition post-Covid

While Guterres will deliver the memorial lecture, India’s Minister for External Affairs S Jaishankar will preside and deliver the presidential address.
Published on Aug 27, 2020 10:33 am IST

Indian climate activist Archana Soreng named by UN chief to new advisory group

Archana Soreng joins six other young climate leaders from around the world who have been named by Guterres to his new Youth Advisory Group on Climate Change.
Updated on Jul 28, 2020 09:30 am IST

UN chief seeks end to financing of coal to smooth clean energy shift

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke at a virtual clean energy transition summit of 40 countries representing 80% of energy use and greenhouse gas emissions.
Published on Jul 09, 2020 05:20 pm IST

Covid-19 update: UN chief says stranded seafarers are key workers

The UN chief said the maximum time for seafarers to spend at sea under international conventions is being ignored, with some marooned on vessels for 15 months.
Published on Jun 13, 2020 01:55 pm IST

UN chief following Cyclone Amphan situation in India; saddened by loss of lives

In Bangladesh, it has killed at least 22 people and left many displaced in the coastal areas.
Published on May 23, 2020 02:02 pm IST

On Kim Jong Un’s health and whereabouts, UN chief says ‘we have no information’

North Korea has not dispelled the rumours of ill health of its ruler Kim Jong Un.
Updated on May 01, 2020 10:33 am IST

UN chief urges govts to protect women during coronavirus lockdown

ntonio Guterres late Sunday urged governments around the world to consider protecting women as part of their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic
Updated on Apr 06, 2020 07:25 am IST

Coronavirus the worst global crisis since World War II, says UN chief

More than 40,000 people have been killed so far as the disease spreads across the world, and causes economic devastation.
Published on Apr 01, 2020 06:48 am IST

Pull back from hostilities, focus together on coronavirus pandemic: UN chief

Guterres on Monday called for an immediate “global ceasefire in all corners of the world” in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.
Updated on Mar 24, 2020 10:03 am IST

UN chief ‘very saddened’ by casualties in Delhi violence

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is “very saddened” by the casualties in the communal clashes in northeast Delhi over the amended citizenship law
Updated on Feb 27, 2020 02:58 pm IST

UN chief following situation in Delhi closely: spokesperson

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, February 24, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Updated on Feb 26, 2020 03:35 pm IST

Man-made ‘humanitarian nightmare’ in Syria must end: UN chief

FILE PHOTO: Displaced Syrians from northwest Syria ride on a back of a truck with belongings, in Azaz, Syria
Updated on Feb 22, 2020 04:25 am IST

Covid-19 outbreak is ‘a very dangerous situation’: Guterres, UN chief

The UN chief was in Pakistan for a conference on 40 years of refugees fleeing neighboring war-torn Afghanistan.
Updated on Feb 18, 2020 07:51 pm IST

UN chief warns against ‘survival of the richest’ on climate

António Guterres said unrestrained climate change would allow only the “survival of the richest
Updated on Dec 13, 2019 06:37 am IST

World getting hotter, more dangerous faster than thought: UN chief

Nineteen members of the G20, except the US, have voiced their commitment to the full implementation of the deal.
Updated on Dec 12, 2019 07:28 am IST

The UN chief’s climate warning should shake the world

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the COP25 summit in Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2019
Published on Dec 03, 2019 06:07 pm IST