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'World faces its gravest test': UN Secy General urges Security Council to
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], April 10 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said that the world faces its gravest test from the coronavirus pandemic that poses a significant threat to the maintenance of international peace and security.
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UNSC supports efforts concerning potential impact of COVID-19 in conflict-
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The UN Security Council (UNSC) expressed its support for Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' efforts to mitigate the negative impacts of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic on countries already ravaged by war and called for unity and solidarity.
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COVID-19 pandemic reveals how bioterrorist attack may unfold: UN Secretary
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [U.S.], April 10 (Sputnik/ANI): The lack of preparedness for the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic revealed how non-state actors could access deadly strains to perpetrate a bioterrorist attack, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council.<
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After months-long delay, UN Security Council to discuss COVID-19 today
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 9 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) members will on Thursday convene a closed-door meeting with Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on the COVID-19 via videoconferencing.
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Seven US Senators oppose position to China in UN Human Rights Council Cons
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [US], April 8 (ANI): Seven US Senators have written to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opposing the appointment of Jiang Duan, Minister of Chinese Mission in Geneva to the UN Human Rights Council Consultative Group and said that China should not occupy the position of
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UN suspends peacekeeper deployments until June 30
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], April 8 (ANI): The United Nations has suspended the rotation and deployments of uniformed personnel, including individual officers and already formed, police and military peacekeeping units until June 30, in view of the novel coronavirus outbreak.
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UN condemns rocket attack on Tripoli hospital as Libya braces for COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], April 8 (ANI): The United Nations (UN) has condemned the shelling of a hospital here which it termed a "clear violation of international law", as Libya struggles to prepare for an outbreak of the new coronavirus.
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UN chief urges govts to protect women as response to COVID-19 outbreak
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], April 6 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday (local time) urged governments across the world to protect women as part of the response to the lethal coronavirus outbreak.
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UN Security Council may meet soon to discuss COVID-19, says Secy Gen Anton
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [USA], Apr 6 (ANI): With the world under the grip of COVID-19, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres indicated that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) may meet soon to discuss the pandemic, which has infected more than 1.2 million worldwide and killed cl
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UN condemns Kabul Gurudwara terror attack
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 26 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the Kabul Gurudwara terror attack which killed 27 civilians, and expressed his condolences to the families of the victims and wishes to those injured.
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UN Chief calls for 'immediate global ceasefire' amid COVID-19 pandemic
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 23 (Sputnik/ANI) - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for an immediate halt of fighting worldwide in order to focus together on combating the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
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UN chief urges warring parties in Libya to accept 5+5 draft ceasefire deal
Updated : 6 years ago IST
New York [USA], Mar 22 (Sputnik/ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon the rival Libyan administrations to lay down arms and accept the temporary draft ceasefire agreement negotiated by the Libyan Joint Military Commission (5+5) in the face of the coronavirus pandemic, a
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