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UN would welcome WHO's recognition of Sputnik V vaccine, process underway:
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 13 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the process of recognition by the World Health Organisation (WHO) of Russian coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V was underway, and the UN would welcome its completion.
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UN chief condemns attack on peacekeeping mission in DRC
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 11 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday strongly condemned Monday's attack against a temporary position of the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which resulted in the death of one Malawian blue helmet.
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UN chief condemns suicide attack in Afghanistan
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
New York [US], May 2 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday condemned Friday's suicide attack in Pul-e-Alam, capital of Afghanistan's eastern Logar province, which killed and injured many civilians and caused significant damage to civilian premises, including a hospi
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New COVID-19 wave 'lies in wait' in Syria: UN Chief
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], March 30 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Tuesday that another coronavirus wave is expected to hit war-torn Syria as community transmission of the virus is likely to continue in 2021.
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World leaders, including Joe Biden, Boris Johnson, congratulate Bangladesh
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], March 26 (ANI): On the occasion of its 50th Independence Day, leaders from across the world, including US President Joe Biden, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent their greetings to Bangladesh and expressed support to the country in the future endeavours.
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MQM leader Altaf Hussain urges UN to take action against massacre of innoc
Updated : 4 years, 12 months ago IST
London [UK], March 26 (ANI): Altaf Hussain, founder and leader of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) has appealed to the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to take strong action against the massacre of innocent Bengalis in Bangladesh (former East Pakistan) by Pakistan army on March 25, 1971,
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UN chief Guterres calls for fair distribution of vaccines
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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, 1 month 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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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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Guterres to donate USD 500,000 prize from Human Fraternity Award to UN Ref
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], February 4 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that he will donate the prize of USD 500,000 he received upon acceptance of the Zayed Award for Human Fraternity to the United Nations Refugee Agency.
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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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