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UN chief saddened by loss of life in Afghanistan earthquake
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 22 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday expressed grief over the tragic loss of life in the earthquake that hit Afghanistan earlier in the day.
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UN chief expresses concern about Lithuania-Russia tension over Kaliningrad
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 22 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday expressed grave concern about the current tension between Lithuania and Russia over Kaliningrad.
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Terrifying lessons of Hiroshima, Nagasaki are fading from memory: UN chief
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 22 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday urged the international community to abandon nuclear weapons, stating that they are "a deadly reminder of countries' inability to solve problems through dialogue and collaboration".
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UN envoy urges Libyan rival parties to bridge 'outstanding issues'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Cairo [Egypt], June 20 (ANI/Xinhua): The UN Libya advisor urged the rival factions in Libya to meet within 10 days at an agreed-upon location to bridge "outstanding issues" as their final round of negotiations ended in Cairo with no breakthrough on Monday.
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UN chief warns against stigma, discrimination fueled by internet, social m
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 19 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday warned against the stigma and discrimination fanned by the Internet and social media.
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UN chief warns of 'global mental health crisis'
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 18 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday warned against a "global mental health crisis," while launching a report on mental health.
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UN chief condemns latest attack in Burkina Faso
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 16 (ANI/Xinhua): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday strongly condemned a recent attack in Burkina Faso which resulted in scores of civilian casualties, his spokesman said.
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Indian diplomat Amandeep Singh Gill appointed as UN chief's Envoy on Techn
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New York [US], June 11 (ANI): Amandeep Singh Gill of India has been appointed as United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres' Envoy on Technology.
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'Time is short' to prevent global food crisis, says UN on ripple effects o
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], June 9 (ANI): War in Ukraine has left an estimated 1.6 billion people in 94 countries exposed to at least one dimension of finance, food, or energy crisis, with around 1.2 billion living in "perfect-storm" countries severely vulnerable to all three areas, the policy brief by t
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Guterres says high fertilizer prices will lead to shortages of all staple
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], June 8 (ANI/Sputnik): Shortages will spread from corn and wheat to all staple crops and will have a serious impact on billions of people unless the crisis around fertilizers is resolved, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday.
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Humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is turning into human trafficking crisis: U
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], June 6 (ANI/Xinhua): The humanitarian crisis in Ukraine is turning into a human trafficking crisis, warned Pramila Patten, the UN secretary-general's special representative on sexual violence in conflict, on Monday.
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Two Egyptian peacekeepers killed, 2 others injured in Mali: UN
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], June 4 (ANI): UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday condemned the killing of two Egyptian members of the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, a UN spokesman said.
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