Tag: UN Secretary General

• Thursday, March 22nd 2018 - 22:33 UTC

  “Water for sustainable development”: UN Secretary-General's message at launch of international decade for action

  

  I am pleased to be with you on World Water Day to launch the International Decade for Action on Water for Sustainable Development.

• Saturday, February 3rd 2018 - 10:30 UTC

  Venezuela rejects UN decision to take Guyana border controversy to The Hague

  

  Venezuela has rejected the decision made by the United Nations to refer the border controversy with Guyana to the International Court of Justice (ICJ). “The Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, faithful to its historical tradition and in accordance with the Bolivarian Diplomacy of Peace, reiterates its firm disposition to defend the territorial integrity of our Homeland and maintain political negotiation based on the 1966 Geneva Accord, as the only way to reach a peaceful solution, practical and satisfactory for both parties and in favor of our Peoples,” the Venezuelan government said in a statement on Wednesday.

• Tuesday, December 13th 2016 - 07:32 UTC

  Guterres sworn in as UN Secretary General: pledges more delivery and less on process

  

  Portugal's António Guterres was sworn in Monday as the ninth U.N. secretary-general. “The United Nations needs to be nimble, efficient and effective,” Guterres told member states. “It must focus more on delivery and less on process; more on people and less on bureaucracy,” he said.

• Tuesday, October 25th 2016 - 08:46 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon´s last UN Day speech; Guterres takes over next January

  

  In his last United Nations Day message as Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon recognized the efforts of courageous UN staff members who are on the frontlines of disaster and violence and continue to respond to the plight of the vulnerable people across the world.

• Tuesday, October 18th 2016 - 08:11 UTC

  Argentina congratulates Guterres on appointment as next UN Secretary General

  

  Argentina extended on Monday its congratulations to Portuguese former prime minister and ex UN High commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres for his appointment by the UN General Assembly as the next UN Secretary General for the 2017/2021 period.

• Wednesday, October 5th 2016 - 17:05 UTC

  Antonio Guterres has Security Council support to become next UN Secretary General

  

  Portugal’s former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres has unofficially been selected as the next U.N. Secretary-General. He is expected to be officially endorsed in the coming days. Following a decisive round of voting Wednesday in the U.N. Security Council, the veteran politician and diplomat prevailed with 13 votes in favor of his candidacy, none objecting to it and two votes of “no opinion”.

• Tuesday, September 27th 2016 - 06:31 UTC

  Guterres remains top choice to succeed Ban Ki-moon; Malcorra ranked fourth

  

  Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres maintained his lead in the race to become the next UN secretary-general following a fifth straw poll by the Security Council on Monday, diplomats said. Argentina's Susana Malcorra came in fourth and the best placed woman for the job.

• Friday, August 26th 2016 - 08:35 UTC

  Malcorra behind the Portuguese candidate in her bid to become UN secretary-general

  

  Argentine foreign minister Susana Malcorra visited Cairo courting Egyptian support for her bid to become the next UN secretary-general, following on from her visit to Angola earlier in the week. The minister also met with secretary-general of the Arab League, Ahmed Aboul Gheit. However the emergent frontrunner to succeed Ban Kimoon is ex Portuguese prime minister is Antonio Guterres.

• Monday, August 15th 2016 - 06:39 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas: Malcorra confirms new dialogue with UK in a raft of issues

  

  Argentina is at the beginning of a new dialogue on the Malvinas issue with the current UK government and this includes air links, hydrocarbons, identifying Argentine graves remains in Falklands, a possible meeting of the two countries' leaders in China, but none of this will happen overnight or make media headlines, anticipated foreign minister Susana Malcorra.

• Monday, July 25th 2016 - 11:11 UTC

  Malcorra disappointed with leaks from confidential process to chose Bam Ki'-moon successor

  

  Argentina's foreign minister Susana Malcorra confirmed that the United Nations Security Council held its first informal round of consultations among hopefuls for the UN Secretary General post, and underlined that the results of such talks are confidential, and there will be further such meetings, the first step in a long process.