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UN chief says 11 years of 'brutal fighting' in Syria must end
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New York [US], March 12 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a ceasefire in Syria in a statement marking 11 years of "brutal fighting" in the conflict-torn nation.
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UN chief calls for international cooperation, solidarity to support everyo
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New York [US], March 11 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the war in Ukraine calls for international cooperation and solidarity to support everyone affected, and to overcome the clear violation of international law.
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UN chief denounces 'scandalously unequal' vaccine distribution
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New York [US], March 10 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday said in his statement on two years of COVID-19 that the vaccine distribution is "scandalously unequal" because rich-country health is prioritized over the poor.
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UN chief calls for pausing fight in Ukraine for safe passage of civilians
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New York [US], March 7 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday (local time) called for pausing fighting in Ukraine to allow the safe passage of civilians from Mariupol, Kharkiv and Sumy.
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UN chief voices concern over political polarization in Libya
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New York [US], March 6 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres held a telephone call on Friday with Abdul-Hamid Dbeibah, Prime Minister of the Government of National Unity of Libya to discuss the latest developments in the country, Guterres' press office said on Saturday.
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Nuclear facilities should never be targeted in military ops: UN chief on Z
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New York [US], March 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed alarm over reports of heavy fighting around the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant in Ukraine.
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Anti-Shia policies have led to slow genocide: Pak journalist on Peshawar m
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Islamabad [Pakistan], March 5 (ANI): Pakistani journalist Taha Siddiqui on Friday condemned the Peshawar suicide blast, saying that the local media is silent on the religious identity of the explosion that claimed the lives of more than 50 people.
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UN chief condemns 'horrific attack' on Peshawar mosque
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New York [US], March 5 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the suicide blast in the Pakistani city of Peshawar that killed over 50 people.
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Guterres calls Putin's decision to put nuclear forces on special alert a '
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New York [US], February 28 (ANI): In the aftermath of Russian President Vladimir Putin's order for putting the nuclear deterrence forces on 'special alert', UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres during a UN General Assembly emergency session on Monday called Russia's decision a "chilling dev
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UN chief appoints Amin Awad of Sudan UN crisis coordinator for Ukraine
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New York [US], February 26 (ANI): The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Amin Awad of Sudan as Assistant Secretary-General to serve as United Nations Crisis Coordinator for Ukraine.
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UN Chief to continue working 'cooperatively and fully' with Russia: Stepha
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New York [US], February 26 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will continue to work "cooperatively and fully" with Russia after it launched a special operation in Ukraine, United Nations spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said on Friday.
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Lavrov says UN chief under western pressure over Ukrainian crisis
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Moscow [Russia], February 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres turned out to be under Western pressure over the situation in Ukraine as he was making statements not corresponding to his status and authority unde
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