UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged for global solidarity amidst "difficult global conditions" while expressing gratitude for the warm reception from Kazakhstan and highlighting the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation's (SCO) role as a crucial partner of the United Nations.
Antonio Guterres condemned the Israeli strike on Rafah, saying that the attack "killed scores of innocent civilians who were only seeking shelter from this deadly conflict."
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres condoled the demise of Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash that occurred in northwestern Iran on Sunday afternoon.
The United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said on Sunday that an immediate humanitarian ceasefire is the need of the hour and urged for a "surge" in humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip, according to The Times of Israel.
Decrying Israel's ground offensive in Rafah, the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres has said that the assault would be a "strategic mistake."
Marking the World Press Freedom Day on Friday, 3rd May, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres highlighted an uptick in violence faced by journalists covering environmental issues, which has made the profession increasingly dangerous.
On Monday, Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, the newly-appointed Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, succeeding Lana Nusseibeh in this role.
"We have a shared responsibility to work for peace. Regional - and indeed global -- peace and security are being undermined by the hour. Neither the region nor the world can afford more war," Guterres said.
Coming out with a strong condemnation of the Iranian drone strikes on Israel in reprisal for the earlier attack on its embassy in Syria, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for an immediate cessation of hostilities on Sunday.
Ambassador Lana Nusseibeh ends her tenure as Permanent Representative of the UAE to the UN with her final meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres in that capacity and will be succeeded by Ambassador Mohamed Abushahab, who has been appointed by President His Highness Sh