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UN chief says showing solidarity with migrants more important than ever
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 19 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that showing solidarity with migrants is more important than ever in his message on International Migrants Day, celebrated each year on Dec. 18.
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World cannot defeat pandemic in uncoordinated way: UN Chief
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], December 17 (ANI): Arguing that the world "cannot defeat a pandemic in an uncoordinated way", UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that countries "must take concrete action in the coming days" to vaccinate 40 per cent of the world's population by the end of t
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UNHCR staff members wounded in DR Congo, UN chief calls for full investiga
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New York [US], December 9 (ANI): The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday expressed outrage over an attack on a convoy in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in which one of its vehicles was hit, wounding three staff members.
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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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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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