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COVID-19 makes universal health coverage more urgent than ever: UN chief
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [USA], October 9 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the COVID-19 pandemic has made the need for universal health coverage more urgent than ever.
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UN chief strongly condemns suicide attack at office building in Afghanista
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 5 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday (local time) strongly condemned the previous day's car bombing at a district administrative building in Afghanistan's province of Nangarhar.
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Armenian military says 3 Azerbaijani jets downed in Karabakh
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Yerevan [Armenia], October 03 (ANI/Sputnik): Three Azerbaijani jets were shot down in Nagorno-Karabakh on Saturday morning as fierce fighting continues in the conflict-torn region, the Armenian Defense Ministry reported.
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Int'l Day of Non-Violence: Stop the fighting to focus on COVID-19, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 2 (ANI): On the occasion of the 151st birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called on the international community to be inspired by the spirit of Gandhi and the enduring principles of the UN Charter.
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Actual COVID-19 death toll certainly higher than 1 million: WHO
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Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Director-General of World Health Organisation (WHO) Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday said that the actual number of deaths due to COVID-19 is "certainly higher" than 1 million.
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UN secretary general calls on Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders to establis
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New York [US], September 28 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called on Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders to take immediate steps to establish a ceasefire.
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UN Chief calls 1 million COVID-19 global death toll 'agonizing milestone'
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New York [US], September 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the 1 million global death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) "an agonizing milestone."
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UN chief urges immediate end to Azeri-Armenian clashes
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New York [US], September 28 (ANI): Amid the ongoing clashes between Azerbaijan and Armenia, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday (local time) said that he is concerned with the fresh "resumption of hostilities" between the two countries.
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UN Chief calls on World Bank, IMF to provide more support to states hit by
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 24 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday during a Security Council meeting that the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should provide enhanced access to facilities and tools to countries impacted by the novel coronavi
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We must all strive to preserve peace: UN Chief Guterres
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New York [US], September 21 (ANI): A high-level meeting of the United Nations was held on Monday, marking the 75 years of the organization where the General Assembly adopted a forward-looking political declaration that would give countries a mechanism to combat terrorism, reformed multilater
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UN chief calls for more efforts to address global fragilities exposed by C
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New York [US], September 17 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for more efforts to address the global fragilities that the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed.
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UN Secy-General urges global community to assist WHO's fight against COVID
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 15 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the global community to support the UN system, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) in particular, in its effort against the coronavirus pandemic.
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