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UN chief Guterres calls for fair distribution of vaccines
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has criticised what he calls the "wildly uneven and unfair" global distribution of COVID-19 vaccines amid the pandemic.
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UN chief condemns attack on school, abduction of students in Nigeria
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], February 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday condemned the attack on a government school in Nigeria, in which one student was killed and 27 others were abduced along with school staff and relatives, said his spokesman.
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UN chief condemns attack against peacekeeping mission in Mali
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New York [US], February 13 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned an attack against the peacekeeping mission in Mali, the MINUSMA.
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In introductory call to UN chief, Blinken discusses multiple issues includ
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 12 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony J Blinken on Thursday (local time) made an introductory call to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and discussed multiple issues, including COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, the Syrian crisis, and Tigray tragedy in Ethiopia
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UN chief expresses grief over loss of life following glacier burst, floods
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 8 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed grief over the loss of life in India's Uttarakhand due to the glacier burst and the subsequent flooding.
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UN Chief condemns detention of Myanmar leaders, urges military to adhere t
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 1 (ANI): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has condemned the detention of State Counsellor Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other political leaders and expressed grave concern regarding the declaration of the transfer of all legislative,
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UN Chief urges rival political forces in Myanmar to show restraint after d
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on rival political forces in Myanmar to exercise restraint following the controversial general elections in November, in which the ruling National League for Democracy (NLD) party, led by State Counsell
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UN chief receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in New York
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres received his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in New York on Thursday.
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India's vaccine production capacity is best asset world has today, says UN
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI): Calling for India to play a major role in global vaccination campaign, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday termed the vaccine production capacity of India as the "best asset" that the world has today.
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UN Chief says 2021 must be year to put world back 'on track'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], January 29 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that 2021 must be a year of changes that will return the world on the right path.
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UN chief condemns suicide bombings in Iraq
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New York [US], January 22 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres strongly condemned Thursday's deadly twin suicide bombings targeting civilians at a market in Iraqi capital city of Baghdad, said his spokesman.
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UN chief appoints Perthes of Germany as top envoy for Sudan
Updated : 5 years, 2 months ago IST
New York [US], January 8 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday appointed Volker Perthes of Germany as his new special representative for Sudan and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in the North African country.
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