UN chief demands paradigm shift in Israel’s military strategy in Gaza
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a paradigm shift in Israel's military strategy in Gaza and in aid delivery to save lives.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a paradigm shift in Israel's military strategy in Gaza and in aid delivery to save lives.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the critical urgency of protecting women's rights, now endangered by regressing achievements, escalating violence, and a widening digital gender divide.
The agency said that according to medical sources, Israeli troops had opened fire with heavy machine guns at people waiting for trucks laden with humanitarian assistance for distribution.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is "deeply concerned" about Iran's attacks inside Pakistan and the possibility of the crisis from the Israel-Hamas conflict spreading, according to his Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has appointed Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as the senior humanitarian and reconstruction coordinator for Gaza.
According to the report, Syria has reported its first case of the COVID-19 virus, in a country already torn by 10 years of war, and other cases have emerged in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Afghanistan.
"Global solidarity is not only a moral imperative, it is in everyone's interests," he said.
Guterres said that 137 women are killed around the world every day by a member of their own family.
The UN chief also visited the community kitchen (langar) at the gurdwara, where he was served a traditional meal of rice and lentils.
Last year, in November, US President Donald Trump announced the resumption of peace talks with the Taliban.