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UN chief calls on Taliban to keep promises to observe rights of women, gir
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 11 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the Taliban should deliver on their promises to observe the rights of women and girls.
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UN chief condemns 'barbaric' attack on mosque in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 8 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the "barbaric" attack on a Shia mosque in Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday.
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UN chief urges Ethiopia to provide documents on wrongdoings by expelled UN
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 7 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres requested that Ethiopia provide a copy of any document that the government claims had been submitted to the United Nations outlining the wrongdoings by expelled United Nations staff.
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UN chief highlights work required to help developing countries
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Bridgetown [Barbados], October 5 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday stressed the urgent work required to help developing countries and accelerate global economic recovery at the 15th session of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNC
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World Habitat Day: UN chief highlights 'enormous' benefits of greener citi
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 4 (ANI): On the occasion of World Habitat Day, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for making cities more environmentally friendly. He said that there are "enormous" benefits of taking appraoch, which include reduced climate risk, more jobs, and better hea
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UN Chief condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Mali
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New York [US], October 3 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Saturday's improvised explosive device attacks against a convoy of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali near Tessalit, Kidal region, in which a peacekeeper from Egypt was killed and fou
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UN chief warns 'urgent' international response needed in Myanmar
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], October 1 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that an "urgent" international response is needed to prevent the crisis in Myanmar from becoming a "catastrophe" in the heart of Southeast Asia and beyond.
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UN Secretary-General holds talks with Foreign Ministers of Armenia, Azerba
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 26 (ANI/Sputnik): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has held two separate meetings, with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzoyan and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the United Nations informed.
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UN chief asks to treat food as human right rather than commodity
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New York [US], September 24 (ANI/Xinhua): Food should be viewed as a human right, not as a commodity, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday.
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Globe is on the edge of an abyss, says UN chief on climate change
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 21 (ANI): Urging the world to wake up to climate change, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stressed in his UNGA address that the globe is on the edge of an abyss and moving in the wrong direction.
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President Biden meets Guterres, reaffirms 'strong partnership' between US,
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington [US], September 21 (ANI): US President Joe Biden on Monday evening (local time) met UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and reaffirmed the strong partnership between the United States and the United Nations which, in particular, is based on common values that include respect
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UN chief condemns executions by Houthis in Yemen
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 20 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday strongly condemned Saturday's executions of nine individuals by the Houthi movement in Yemen, said his spokesman.
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