Tag: Antonio Guterres

Wednesday, June 29th 2022 - 10:07 UTC
United Nations “Ocean emergency” conference opens in Lisbon

With climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution exacting a devastating toll on the world’s ocean — critical to food security, economic growth, and the environment — the 2022 UN Ocean Conference opened in Lisbon, Portugal with a call for a new chapter of ocean action driven by science, technology and innovation.
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Thursday, June 23rd 2022 - 09:59 UTC
Argentina again requests UN Secretary General's good offices in the Malvinas sovereignty dispute

Ahead of his address to the United Nations Special Decolonization Committee, C24, this Thursday, demanding sovereignty talks with the United Kingdom over the Falkland Islands sovereignty, Argentine foreign minister Santiago Cafiero met on Wednesday with US Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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Wednesday, May 25th 2022 - 10:15 UTC
Ukraine has 22 million tons of grains blocked because of Russian invasion, claims Zelensky

While Ukraine claims to have some 22 million tons of grains and seed in stock, UN Secretary-General António Guterres is in “intense contact” with Russia, Ukraine, Turkey, the United States, and the European Union to restore Ukrainian grain exports and prevent the current global food crisis from getting worse.
Wednesday, May 11th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
Decolonization C24 Pacific Regional Seminar opens in Saint Lucia

St Lucia Prime Minister Philip J Pierre, will this Wednesday 11th May, formally open a United Nations Seminar on Decolonization, which is to be held at the Sandals Grande Hotel until 13th May 2022.
Friday, April 29th 2022 - 09:51 UTC
Guterres tours Ukraine amid heavy Russian shelling

One day after meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Thursday traveled to Kyiv for an encounter with Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelensky amid heavy shelling from Russian forces.
Wednesday, April 27th 2022 - 09:40 UTC
No progress after Guterres meeting with Putin in Moscow

Russian President Vladimir Putin Tuesday told United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres that no solution could be achieved in the crisis with Ukraine without solving the territorial issue of Crimea and Donbas.
Tuesday, February 22nd 2022 - 09:35 UTC
UN chief calls Russia's decision “a violation of territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine”

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday called out Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize certain areas of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine as independent as “a violation of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine” in a statement read by his spokesperson.
Thursday, November 11th 2021 - 09:14 UTC
US, China agree to fight climate change together

China and the United States and China Wednesday agreed to work together in the fight against climate change, an announcement which was welcomed at the UN's Climate COP26 Summit in Glasgow.
Saturday, November 6th 2021 - 09:34 UTC
The 'pain threshold' and why COP26 won’t deliver

By Gwynne Dyer – “The world is on a catastrophic pathway to 2.7 C of heating,” said UN Secretary General António Guterres. “There is a high risk of failure of COP26.” That’s the global climate summit that meets every five years (but was postponed last year because of the pandemic) to plot a course away from climate disaster.
Sunday, October 17th 2021 - 08:05 UTC
ILO insists world needs global accelerator for jobs as well as social protection

International Labour Organization (ILO) Director-General Guy Ryder Friday called on countries to back the Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection launched by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres together with the ILO, during last month's General Assembly.