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# António Guterres

Last month
May 2023
# Afghanistan
UN chief slams Taliban over 'unprecedented' curbs on Afghan women's rights
The Taliban government has firmly rejected criticism of the curbs on women.
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May 2nd 2023, 3:48 PM
This year
2023
# Ukraine
UN chief says prospects for peace in Ukraine 'keep diminishing' as anniversary nears
It comes after Ukrainian officials said Russian forces are preparing for a large-scale offensive in the coming weeks.
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Feb 6th 2023, 4:00 PM
# Jerusalem
Israel announces measures against 'families of terrorists' following attacks
Benjamin Netanyahu promised a “strong” and “swift” response to attacks carried out by two Palestinians from annexed east Jerusalem.
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Jan 29th 2023, 8:08 AM
Last year
2022
# COP27
New climate tracker reveals Dublin airport emitted over one million tonnes of CO2 last year
Dublin Airport was the largest emitter of Co2 last year, followed by a Drogheda cement plant.
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# World Leaders Summit
UN chief warns world can either 'cooperate or perish' on climate as Taoiseach arrives at COP27
“The global climate fight will be won or lost in this crucial decade on our watch.”
Newsletter: COP27 is already an uphill battle
'How many more wake-up calls do leaders need?': COP27 officially opens in Egypt
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Nov 7th 2022, 4:19 PM
Warming weather and rising seas getting worse, UN meteorological report warns
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the latest report was a chronicle of climate chaos and a distress signal from the planet.
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Nov 6th 2022, 1:28 PM
# Ukraine
Chance for peace in Ukraine is 'minimal' at present, UN chief says after call with Putin
“I have the feeling we are still far away from peace,” Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
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Sep 14th 2022, 8:45 PM
# Climate Change
UN chief Guterres slams climate change 'insanity' during visit to flood-hit Pakistan
Nearly 1,400 people have died in flooding that covers a third of the country
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Sep 9th 2022, 2:45 PM
# War in Ukraine
Any damage to Ukraine nuclear plant would be 'suicide', says UN Secretary General
Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of targeting Europe’s nuclear plant, which Russia seized last March.
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Aug 19th 2022, 7:38 AM
# Fossil Fuels
UN chief slams 'immoral', 'excessive' profits of oil and gas companies amid energy crisis
The burning of fossil fuels is the main cause of climate change.
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Aug 4th 2022, 7:49 AM
# Nuclear Weapons
World is ‘one misunderstanding away from nuclear annihilation’, UN chief warns
Antonio Guterres gave the warning at the opening of a meeting to review a 50-year-old treaty aimed at preventing the spread of nuclear weapons.
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Aug 1st 2022, 5:14 PM
# United Nations
UN chief warns Ukraine war 'amplifying and accelerating' global food insecurity
Antonio Guterres said he is “hopeful” a deal will be reached to allow the export of grain stored in Ukrainian ports.
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May 19th 2022, 7:17 AM
# Zaporizhzhia
Two British aid workers 'captured' by Russian forces in Ukraine
It comes as Russia carried out an airstrike in Kyiv.
Paul Urey and Dylan Healy were "captured" by Russian soldiers at a checkpoint near Zaporizhzhia.
One person has been killed in a Russian strike on Kyiv during UN Secretary General's visit to the capital.
Zelenskyy said the strikes were an attempt by Russia to "humiliate" the UN and everything it represents.
US President seeks $33 billion package to send arms and aid to Ukraine
Poland and Bulgaria to receive gas from EU neighbours following Russian supply halt
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Apr 29th 2022, 1:50 PM
# Ukraine
Kyiv hit by Russian air strikes as UN Secretary General visits
Antonio Guterres urged Russia to cooperate with the International Criminal Court investigations into possible war crimes.
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Apr 28th 2022, 8:00 PM
# Ukraine
Russian gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria suspended as UN chief visits Moscow
Much of eastern Europe heavily depends on gas from Russia.
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Apr 26th 2022, 8:36 PM
# UN
Zelenskyy calls for meeting with Putin 'to end the war' as Mariupol evacuation 'thwarted'
Ukraine has made a plea to the UN to help evacuate citizens from the city, after previous attempts failed.
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Apr 23rd 2022, 8:30 PM
All time
# António Guterres
UN chief urges global plan to reverse ‘unfair’ vaccine access
Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council that 130 countries had not received a single dose of vaccine.
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Feb 18th 2021, 6:51 AM
# military coup
Myanmar's generals order access to Facebook be restricted as UN chief says coup must fail
One of the country’s main telecom providers confirmed that authorities ordered it to “temporarily block” Facebook access.
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Feb 4th 2021, 7:47 AM
# Teamwork
UN Secretary General: Coronavirus spread because countries failed to work together
António Guterres was critical of the lack of leadership in response to Covid-19.
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May 1st 2020, 8:41 AM
# Coronavirus
Only a vaccine can bring 'normalcy' back to the world, UN chief says
Antonio Guterres says it is hoped there will be a vaccine available by the end of the year.
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Apr 16th 2020, 7:33 AM
# Climate Change
David Attenborough:'The collapse of our civilisation is on the horizon'
The TV presenter (92) issued an appeal to world leaders at a UN climate summit.
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Dec 3rd 2018, 8:03 PM
# hotline
North Korea reopens hotline with South Korea in diplomatic breakthrough
South Korea has offered to hold talks with the North on 9 January.
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Jan 4th 2018, 10:18 AM
# goodnight moon
Ban Ki-Moon bids a final farewell as UN Secretary General
The UN head’s ten-year term as Secretary General comes to an end at midnight tonight.
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Dec 31st 2016, 1:11 PM
# António Guterres
Introducing the new UN Secretary General - a former prime minister of Portugal
Antonio Guterres has pledged to make the pursuit of peace in a conflict-torn world his “over-arching priority”.
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Oct 14th 2016, 10:26 AM
# Refugees
One person became a refugee every four seconds last year
Over one million people fled across international borders last year with 6.5 million displaced in their own home countries.
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Jun 19th 2013, 8:01 AM
# Civil War
There are now one million Syrian refugees
“This tragedy has to be stopped,” says UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres. The refugees arrive “traumatised, without possessions and having lost members of their families”.
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Mar 6th 2013, 7:51 AM