Tag: Antonio Guterres
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Very important to pressure governments to accept carbon neutrality objective: UN Secretary General
Guterres was speaking at C40 World Mayors Summit in Copenhagen where Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was also invited. Kejriwal couldn't make it to the summit since he was denied permission by External Affairs ministry.
October 13, 2019 -
UN may ‘run out of money by Oct end’, says Antonio Guterres in letter to 37,000 employees
Member States have paid only 70 per cent of the total amount needed for the regular budget operations in 2019, Guterres stated in the letter.
October 8, 2019 -
14,000 grave violations against Afghan kids since 2015
According to the report, child casualties from aerial attacks have increased every year since 2015, reversing a downward trend.
October 5, 2019 -
PM Modi among first set of speakers at UN climate summit
India's important role and contribution to global climate action efforts have been underlined by the fact that PM Modi is the fourth speaker at the Summit.
September 23, 2019 -
Bahamas brace for another storm just weeks after Hurricane Dorian
About 1,300 people are missing in the Bahamas following the hurricane, while at least 15,000 are in need of shelter, food and medical care.
September 14, 2019 -
Boost to Modi govt; UN chief calls for India-Pak bilateral talks to resolve Kashmir issue
The UN chief's comments come at a time when Pakistan has been making efforts to internationalise the Kashmir issue - first at the UNSC last month and then again at the UNHRC on Tuesday.
September 11, 2019 -
UN chief appoints Movses Abelian of Armenia as coordinator for multilingualism
As the new coordinator for multilingualism, Abelian is responsible for coordinating the overall implementation of multilingualism secretariat-wide.
September 4, 2019 -
Deeply concerned by fires, Amazon must be protected: UN Chief
France's President Emmanuel Macron said the wildfires were "an international crisis" and called on the globe's most industrialized nations to address it at their summit this weekend.
August 23, 2019 -
UN chief asks India, Pak to not change Kashmir status, recalls 1972 Simla Agreement
The United Nations Charter says that the UN cannot 'intervene in matters which are essentially within the domestic jurisdiction of any state'.
August 9, 2019 -
North Korean prisoners killed for escape attempts: UN report
The secretary-general said the U.N. human rights office received and analyzed accounts of North Koreans who had experienced detention, the vast majority of them women who escaped initially to China
August 3, 2019 -
US set to pull out of nuclear treaty with Russia, raises concerns of new arms race
The treaty was signed by former US President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1987. It banned missiles with ranges between 500 and 5,500 km.
August 2, 2019 -
We have to act’: UN rights expert urges US action over Jamal Khashoggi murder
During a press briefing in London hosted by human rights groups, Callamard said, "It has the jurisdiction or at least the interest to take action".
July 10, 2019 -
UN welcomes US-North Korea dialogue announcement
"The UN Secretary-General welcomes the meetings in Panmunjom involving the leaders of North Korea, South Korea and the US, particularly the announcement that the North Korea and the US will resume working-level dialogue," Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for Guterres, said in a statement.
July 1, 2019 -
7,500 kids killed or wounded in Yemen since 2013: UN report
The report by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres released Friday said the killings and injuries were among 11,779 grave violations against children between April 1, 2013, and December 31, 2018.
June 29, 2019 -
Iran complains to UN over US spy drone, says it has ‘right to defend its airspace’
Tensions spiked last week when Iran shot down a US drone over sensitive Gulf waters following a series of oil tanker attacks that Washington blamed on Tehran, which the later has denied.
June 29, 2019 -
UN ‘Paralysis’ delaying justice for Jamal Khashoggi murder: Expert
Callamard's report concluded that Khashoggi's death at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 was "an extrajudicial execution" and that Riyadh was responsible, with evidence linking Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman to the crime.
June 27, 2019 -
UN launches plan of action on hate speech
Over the past 75 years, hate speech has been a precursor to atrocity crimes, including genocide, from Rwanda to Bosnia to Cambodia, he added.
June 19, 2019