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COVID pandemic has fed a frightening rise in inequalities: UN on Human Rig
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], December 10 (ANI): Despite significant progress since the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 73 years ago, the COVID pandemic has "fed a frightening rise in inequalities", and laid bare "many of our failures to consolidate the advances made", s
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UN chief Guterres saddened by death of Gen Rawat, expresses heartfelt cond
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 9 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply saddened by the death of General Bipin Rawat and expressed his heartfelt condolences on Wednesday to the families of the deceased in the helicopter crash in the Nilgiri Hills.
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UN chief asks for generous donations to global emergency response fund
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for generous donations to the world body's global emergency response fund.
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UN chief in self-isolation after contact with COVID-positive person
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has been in self-isolation after coming in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19, said Farhan Haq, his deputy spokesman.
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Flight bans amount to travel apartheid, says UN Secretary General amid Omi
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 2 (ANI): UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday described widespread travel bans imposed on southern African countries over threats of the Omicron variant as "unacceptable," likening the restrictions to apartheid.
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UN chief sounds alarm about how international community is dealing with Af
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 2 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday raised the alarm regarding the way the international community is dealing with the African continent regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change, urging putting an end to "injustice."
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UN chief calls for nuclear weapons-free Middle East
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 30 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on all Middle East States to transform the vision of a region with no nuclear weapons, or other weapons of mass destruction, into a working reality.
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Violations of Palestinian rights along with expansion of Israeli settlemen
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 29 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Monday said that the situation in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, continues to pose a significant challenge to international peace and security.
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UN chief welcomes recent trilateral meeting on Karabakh
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 27 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomes the recent meeting of the Russian, Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders and notes Moscow's contribution to resolution of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, the UN chief's office said on Saturday.
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UN chief condemns terrorist attack on UN-affiliated convoy in Somalia
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], November 27 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday strongly condemned Thursday's deadly terrorist attack on a UN-affiliated convoy in front of a school in Mogadishu, Somalia, said his deputy spokesman.
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COP26 closes with 'compromise' deal on climate, but it's not enough, says
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Glasgow [UK], November 14 (ANI): After extending the COP26 climate negotiations an extra day, nearly 200 countries meeting in Glasgow, Scotland, adopted on Saturday an outcome document that, according to the UN Secretary-General, "reflects the interests, the contradictions, and the state of
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UN chief says outcome of COP26 'not enough'
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New York [US], November 14 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday (local time) said that the outcome of the UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, or COP26, is not enough.
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