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UN Security Council to discuss Afghanistan today

UN Security Council to discuss Afghanistan today

The United Nations Security Council will meet at 3 p.m. ET Monday on Afghanistan, according to the public schedule. The council is likely to be briefed by a UN official on the latest. This comes after France, the United …

Guterres to participate in G7 summit on Afghanistan today

Guterres to participate in G7 summit on Afghanistan today

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres will urge the international community to unity for the sake of the people of Afghanistan during the G7 summit on Afghanistan on Tuesday, Spokesperson for the UN Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said at a …

UN chief ready to talk to Taliban once leadership is clear

UN chief ready to talk to Taliban once leadership is clear

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday he is ready to speak with the Taliban once the hardline group's leadership is clear. "I am ready to speak myself when it is clear with whom should I speak, for what …

UN chief urges to accept Afghan refugees

UN chief urges to accept Afghan refugees

The UN presence in Afghanistan will be adapted to new security concerns and will be maintained, while all countries should accept rather than turn away Afghan refugees fleeing the country, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday at a …

UN secretary general eyes 'solidarity or wealth tax'

UN secretary general eyes 'solidarity or wealth tax'

United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres is urging governments to use a “solidarity or wealth tax” on those who have profited during the COVID-19 pandemic. Guterres shared a tweet on Monday about …

Iran stripped of UN General Assembly voting right

Iran stripped of UN General Assembly voting right

Iran and the Central African Republic were stripped of voting power in the UN General Assembly due to non-payment of regular fees for two years, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to the President of the 75th General Assembly …

Vote to elect UN Secretary-General due in June

Vote to elect UN Secretary-General due in June

The vote to elect the UN Secretary-General will be held in June, with incumbent UN chief Antonio Guterres being the only candidate, said Estonia’s UN envoy Sven Jurgenson, whose country assumes the Council’s rotating presidency this …

UN welcomes Gaza ceasefire

UN welcomes Gaza ceasefire

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres welcomed a cease-fire between Gaza and Israel on Thursday and urged all sides to observe the truce.  The cease-fire took effect at 2 a.m. Friday (2300GMT Thursday). The …

Russia, U.S. and China call for Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire

Russia, U.S. and China call for Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire

UN Security Council's open debate on the tensions between Israel and Palestine amid the former's attacks in Gaza ended with no concrete outcome on Sunday. Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Vershinin took the floor, …

Putin to hold meeting with UN chief via video link-up

Putin to hold meeting with UN chief via video link-up

Russian President Vladimir Putin will hold a meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres via a video link-up on Thursday, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters. "UN Secretary-General Guterres is visiting Moscow. …

UN chief urges immediate end to Israel-Palestine escalation

UN chief urges immediate end to Israel-Palestine escalation

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the "spiraling escalation" in Israel and Palestine must be brought to a rapid end. Guterres "is deeply saddened to learn of increasingly large numbers of casualties, …

Over 1,000 rockets already fired at Israel from Gaza

Over 1,000 rockets already fired at Israel from Gaza

More than 1,000 rockets have been fired at Israel from the Gaza Strip since the beginning of escalation, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said on Wednesday. "Some 850 rockets have crossed the Israeli border and 200 landed in the …

UN chief condemns Kazan school shooting

UN chief condemns Kazan school shooting

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has slammed the recent shooting in a Kazan school as an act of senseless violence, spokesman for the Secretary General Stephane Dujarric told a briefing on Tuesday. "The secretary general …

U.N. Secretary-General urges to show vaccine solidarity

U.N. Secretary-General urges to show vaccine solidarity

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ "one big ask" of ministers at the U.N. Security Council meeting will be to "do away with vaccine nationalism," U.N. spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said. …

UN and UNESCO accused of corruption and clannishness

UN and UNESCO accused of corruption and clannishness

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sent a letter to the Security Council, in which he informed about his nomination for a new term. His term in the office expires at the end of 2021. The UN Secretary-General is re-elected every five years, but the same person can lead the organization an unlimited number of times, but so far no one has held this post for more than ten years. Meanwhile, there are many questions to Guterres and UN leadership as a whole - the organization is accused of corruption and clannishness.