Tag: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

• Wednesday, April 23rd 2025 - 18:39 UTC

  UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ Earth Day message 2025

  

  Mother Earth is running a fever. Last year was the hottest ever recorded: the final blow in a decade of record heat.  We know what’s causing this sickness: the greenhouse gas emissions humanity is pumping into the atmosphere – overwhelmingly from burning fossil fuels.  

• Tuesday, February 11th 2025 - 14:23 UTC

  Guterres wants Israel and Hamas to keep negotiating while Trump heralds hell in Gaza

  

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday urged the terrorist group Hamas not to drop the plan to release Israeli hostages in exchange for convicted Palestinians. The Portuguese diplomat urged both sides of the conflict to avoid “hostilities” and carry on with the second stage of the ceasefire. Hamas had announced it would not abide by the deal after Israel allegedly violated the truce.

• Monday, November 18th 2024 - 08:25 UTC

  Guterres says “spirit of consensus” needed

  

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres addressed the “Argentine case” ahead of the two-day G20 Summit starting in Rio de Janeiro Tuesday and called for a “spirit of consensus” to move forward.

• Saturday, June 19th 2021 - 06:35 UTC

  Antonio Guterres sworn as UN Secretary General for his second term

  

  Antonio Guterres was sworn on Friday as UN Secretary-General for his second term. In a speech to the General Assembly Guterres thanked the Member States and said it was a “great privilege“to be re-elected as Secretary-General.

• Friday, April 10th 2020 - 15:50 UTC

  UN agencies call on governments to condone debts of the poorest countries

  

  More than 60 U.N. agencies and international organizations urged governments on Thursday to take immediate steps to address the unfolding global recession and financial crisis wrought by the coronavirus pandemic, especially in the world’s poorest countries.

• Tuesday, December 17th 2019 - 09:59 UTC

  Brazilian government dismisses as a “commercial game” results of COP25 climate talks in Madrid

  

  Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a climate change skeptic, dismissed as a “commercial game” the result of the COP25 climate talks in Madrid. He particularly singled out rich European nations as the players.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  UN chief Guterres sends Personal Envoy Jean Arnault to Bolivia

  

  United Nations chief Antonio Guterres announced on Thursday that he ha appointed a Personal Envoy who would be travelling to Bolivia to offer support to national leaders, following the departure of former president Evo Morales.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 04:35 UTC

  End to UN peacekeeping operations in Haiti: political and social instability remain

  

  The UN Security Council ended 15 years of peacekeeping operations in Haiti on Tuesday, voicing regret that the country is still saddled with huge economic, political and social woes. The United Nations first sent peacekeepers to Haiti after then-president Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown by the army in 2004 under the pressure of a popular uprising.

• Thursday, September 19th 2019 - 21:45 UTC

  United Nations ban Brazil's speech on climate change

  

  After the South American country's failure to comply with the request that a project to increase Brazil's commitments with climate issues, the United Nations decided Wednesday to veto the speech which was to be delivered by dignitaries of President Jair Bolsonaro's administration.