Tag: Antonio Guterres

• Tuesday, July 30th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  Guterres urges Venezuelan authorities to be transparent regarding elections results

  

  United Nations (UN) Secretary-General António Guterres urged the Venezuelan Government of President Nicolás Maduro to show “full transparency” regarding the outcome of Sunday's elections and “publish in due time the results and the breakdown by polling stations.”

• Monday, June 24th 2024 - 09:40 UTC

  Lebanon should not become “another Gaza,” Guterres warns

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the world “cannot afford Lebanon to become another Gaza.” He made those remarks as tension and gunfire mounted between the Lebanon-based Hezbollah terrorist organization and Israel. Guterres spoke of a “bellicose rhetoric” between both parties and insisted that one false move could trigger a catastrophe for the whole region and beyond.

• Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 09:48 UTC

  World Press Freedom Day 2024: environmental journalism, an increasingly dangerous profession

  

  The world is going through an unprecedented environmental emergency which poses an existential threat to this and future generations. People need to know about this – and journalists and media workers have a key role in informing and educating them.

• Monday, April 8th 2024 - 10:52 UTC

  International community repudiates Ecuador's attack on Mexican Embassy in Quito

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres and the governments of many countries in the Americas condemned Ecuador's decision to break into Mexico's Embassy in Quito on Friday to arrest former Vice President Jorge Glas, who had sought asylum in the diplomatic mission as he faced corruption charges.

• Tuesday, March 26th 2024 - 02:26 UTC

  Gaza: UN Security Council passes ceasefire resolution during Ramadan

  

  The United Nations (UN) Security Council passed Monday a resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, it was reported from New York. It was the first time that none of the superpowers powers holding veto rights chose to exercise it.

• Saturday, March 2nd 2024 - 10:03 UTC

  Guterres praises Brazilian initiatives on sustainability

  

  During his appearance at the 8th Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac) in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said he counted “on Brazil’s leadership as Chair of the G-20” to move forward towards achieving the sustainability goals the planet so badly needs.

• Wednesday, December 13th 2023 - 10:09 UTC

  UN, US and Mercosur call on Guatemala to respect election results and denounce “an attempted coup”

  

  The UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mercosur member countries, the European Union and the US have called on Guatemala authorities to impede the Central American country's Attorney General's office to annul the general election result preventing President-elect Bernardo Arevalo from taking office in January.

• Wednesday, November 8th 2023 - 10:00 UTC

  Guterres once again calls for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

  

  United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres Tuesday called again for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza to allow humanitarian actions. The Portugal-born official said he was “extremely distressed by the violent death of civilians in Gaza and the humanitarian catastrophe that continues there.”

• Sunday, October 29th 2023 - 01:22 UTC

  World Scientists call on health authorities to declare climate change a global health emergency

  

  Scientists from across the world collectively called for the UN, world leaders, and health authorities to address climate change and biodiversity loss as one global health emergency.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 08:26 UTC

  No country will be safe if Ukraine loses the war, Biden tells UNGA

  

  US President Joseph Biden Tuesday insisted before the United Nations 78th General Assembly (UNGA) that continued military support to Kyiv was needed to “deter” Russia from invading other countries in the future. He also claimed that no country would have its independence assured if Ukraine lost the war.