Tag: Antonio Guterres

Tuesday, April 13th 2021 - 08:58 UTC
Guterres endorses millionaire's tax to help fight covid-19

UN Secretary-General António Guterres Monday agreed with several world leaders on the convenience to tax the wealthiest, so that States have more resources to support the vulnerable population which has been severely affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
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Monday, January 11th 2021 - 09:15 UTC
UN Secretary General planning a second term

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the five permanent members of the Security Council that he would like to stay on for a second term, it was reported on Sunday by Bloomberg. Guterres is likely to officially inform the president of the UN General Assembly soon, the report added.
Thursday, December 10th 2020 - 09:14 UTC
UN chief Guterres calls Covid-19 vaccines be treated as “a global public good”; fears poor countries will be sided

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Wednesday that “vaccine nationalism” is moving “at full speed,” leaving poor people around the globe watching preparations for inoculations against the coronavirus in some rich nations and wondering if and when they will be vaccinated.
Friday, September 25th 2020 - 09:20 UTC
If Covid-19 is addressed with the same disunity and disarray as climate change, “I fear the worst”, warns UN head

The United States, China and Russia fought on Thursday during a United Nations Security Council meeting on the coronavirus pandemic after UN chief Antonio Guterres had warned the body that if the climate crisis was approached with the “same disunity and disarray” of COVID-19, then: “I fear the worst.”
Friday, June 26th 2020 - 09:50 UTC
UN Secretary General calls on world leaders to strengthen multilateral cooperation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called on the world to strengthen multilateral cooperation, saying a global approach has been the key to addressing the COVID-19 pandemic.
Wednesday, June 24th 2020 - 09:28 UTC
UN freezes 2020/2021 budget for peacekeeping operations

The UN budget for peacekeeping operations will remain at US$6.5 billion under an agreement reached overnight among the UN's 193 member states, diplomats said on Tuesday.
Tuesday, June 9th 2020 - 11:09 UTC
”On this World Oceans Day, we focus on Innovation for a Sustainable Ocean

The COVID-19 pandemic is a sharp reminder of how we are all intimately connected -- to each other and to nature. As we work to end the pandemic and build back better, we have a once-in-a-generation opportunity – and responsibility -- to correct our relationship with the natural world, including the world’s seas and oceans.
Friday, June 5th 2020 - 09:26 UTC
COVID-19 vaccine must be seen as “a global public good – a people’s vaccine”, UN Secretary-General Guterres

”We need global solidarity to ensure that every person, everywhere, has access”, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a video message to the Global Vaccine Summit, convened to find and fund collective solutions for Covid-19-related vaccines and to strengthen routine immunization commitments and resources for other preventable diseases.
Wednesday, April 22nd 2020 - 06:35 UTC
UN chief urges governments to address climate change emergency, on 50th anniversary of Earth Day

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres urged governments to use their economic responses to the coronavirus pandemic to tackle the “even deeper emergency” of climate change, in a message for the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:58 UTC
UN Guterres rates coronavirus pandemic the worst global crisis since WWII

The coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday, expressing concern that it could trigger conflicts around the world.