The General Assembly meeting began with a procedural vote on a measure which Russia had flagged, proposing that the Ukrainian draft resolution being debated, be voted on by secret ballot, not through an open recorded vote.
October 11, 2022A total of 2,996 people were killed in the attacks, which were the deadliest in human history, with more than 25,000 others injured.
September 11, 2021Through the World Health Organization, the United Nations has been able to equip 47 African countries with COVID-19 tests, said Guterres.
April 16, 2020'This is a time for science and solidarity', said the UN General Secretary Antonio Guterres.
April 15, 2020Tensions between India and Pakistan spiked after New Delhi abrogated provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution to withdraw Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories on August 5, 1919.
February 17, 2020UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned Saturday’s deadly terrorist attack in Afghanistan, which was claimed by the Taliban. “Indiscriminate attacks against civilians are grave violations of human rights and international humanitarian law and can never be justified. Those responsible for today’s attack must be brought to justice,” said the statement released in Addis Ababa,...
January 28, 2018UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed today for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis displaced by the battle to retake the second city from jihadists. Iraq is nearly six months into the operation to oust the Islamic State group from its most populous bastion — a battle that...
March 31, 2017UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed today for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis displaced by the battle to retake the second city from jihadists. Iraq is nearly six months into the operation to oust the Islamic State group from its most populous bastion — a battle that...
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