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UN Chief condemns attacks on peacekeepers in Mali
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
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 chief asks to treat food as human right rather than commodity
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
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, 5 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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UN chief condemns executions by Houthis in Yemen
Updated : 4 years, 5 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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UN chief requests SCO cooperation on Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): United Nations chief Antonio Guterres has asked for cooperation from the members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in support of Afghanistan.
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Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi appointed as Sustainable Development Goal
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): UN chief Antonio Guterres on Friday appointed Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi as new Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Advocate ahead of the start of the 76th UN General Assembly.
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Taliban sent letter to UN with commitments to protect UN Staff: Guterres
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New York [US], September 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said that he received a letter from the Taliban, in which the outfit committed to protecting UN personnel working in the country and addressing issues related to women's rights.
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UN chief urges world leaders to join Food Systems Summit on September 23
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 14 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday urged world leaders to join the Food Systems Summit to be held on September 23 with ambitious commitments.
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$1 billion pledge a 'quantum leap' in commitment to Afghanistan: UN chief
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 14 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday hailed significant international financial support pledged to the people of Afghanistan following a meeting in Geneva, which nearly doubled the initial USD 606 million flash appeal for the country.
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UN chief to hold humanitarian conference for Afghanistan today
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 13 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set to convene a high-level humanitarian conference for Afghanistan on Monday in response to the growing humanitarian needs in the country.
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In Somalia, deputy UN chief encourages progress on women's political parti
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [US], September 13 (ANI): United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Amina J Mohammed, visited Somalia on Sunday, to express her solidarity with Somali women's calls for full and equal participation in political life, and the support of the international community for timely, inclusiv
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