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Rebeca Grynspan appointed as UNCTAD's Secretary General
Updated : 5 years ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], June 14 (ANI): Rebeca Grynspan of Costa Rica will be the new head of UNCTAD, the United Nations trade and development body.
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UN chief calls killing of Muslim family in Canada 'heinous attack'
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday that he is "appalled" at the murder of a Muslim family in a targeted car crash attack in the Canadian province of Ontario and calls upon the world to stand united against such hatred.
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India welcomes adoption of UNSC resolution recommending Antonio Guterres 2
Updated : 5 years ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI): India on Tuesday welcomed adoption of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution recommending a second term to Antonio Guterres as UN Secretary-General.
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UN chief calls for a global partnership to address COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Seoul [South Korea], May 30 (ANI): The world needs a global partnership to beat COVID-19, achieve the Sustainable Development Goals and address climate change, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday.
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UN chief calls for release of civilian leaders in Mali
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 26 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is continuing to monitor the evolving situation in Mali closely following the arrest of civilian leaders by the military junta, his spokesperson informed on Tuesday.
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Jaishankar meets UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, discusses COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 25 (ANI): External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Tuesday met with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, wherein they discussed the COVID-19 challenge and underlined the importance of finding urgent and effective global vaccine solutions.
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UN chief calls for immediate end to Palestinian-Israeli fighting
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 16 (ANI/Xinhua): United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday called for an immediate end to the fighting between Palestinians and Israelis.
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Israel-Palestine conflict: UN chief 'deeply disturbed' by destruction of m
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 16 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is deeply disturbed by the destruction of a high-rise building in Gaza City, by an Israeli airstrike, that housed the offices of several international media organizations, said Stephan Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary
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UN chief calls for unified Security Council over Israeli-Palestinian confl
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [US], May 15 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday called for a unified Security Council over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and regretted the lack of multilateralism.
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UN would welcome WHO's recognition of Sputnik V vaccine, process underway:
Updated : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 1 month 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 : 5 years, 2 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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