Antonio Guterres
UN: Huge changes in society needed to keep nature, Earth OK
Humans are making Earth a broken and increasingly unlivable planet through climate change, biodiversity loss and pollution. So the world must make dramatic changes to society, economics and daily life, a new United Nations report says.
UN rights body trains spotlight on Myanmar following coup
The UN’s top human rights body held an urgent session on Friday to discuss the military coup in Myanmar, facing a call for the release of people “arbitrarily detained” — including civilian government leader Aung San Suu Kyi — and more action by UN officials to increase scrutiny of the country.
Myanmar lawmakers say army guarding their housing after coup
Hundreds of members of Myanmar’s Parliament remained confined inside their government housing in the country’s capital on Tuesday, a day after the military staged a coup and detained senior politicians including Nobel laureate and de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
World reacts to Myanmar military coup
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the detention of State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, President U Win Myint and other political leaders on the eve of the opening session of the country's new Parliament.
UN chief calls for immediate attention to 3 global emergencies
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for immediate attention to three global emergencies after listing a long string of threats and challenges the world is facing.
UN chief: Year 2021 must be a year of healing
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the year 2021 must be a year of healing and healing from the pandemic and broken societies in which hatred has all too easily taken the root.
Another UN peacekeeper killed in Mali, 5th in a week
A United Nations peacekeeper from Egypt was killed in Mali’s northern Kidal region on Friday, and another was seriously injured, after their vehicle hit an explosive device during a logistics convoy, the U.N. said.
UN chief for global cooperation for climate action, pandemic response
In his first major speech of the year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the need for global cooperation to address today’s challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.
World must be ready for the next pandemic: UN
The United Nations underscored the need to learn lessons from the coronavirus pandemic, and urged greater solidarity within and among countries, to deal with future health emergencies.
Migrants must remain central to COVID-19 recovery: Guterres
The United Nations is commemorating International Migrants Day, on Friday, highlighting their contributions to societies globally, and underlining the need to ensure that they remain central to the recovery from COVID-19.