In Munich, Guterres calls for new global order that works for all
“Our world is facing existential challenges, but the global community is more fragmented and divided than at any time during the past 75 years,” he said, highlighting the need for…
Gender bias in science ‘deprives our world of great talent’: Guterres
“Sadly, women and girls continue to face systemic barriers and biases that prevent them from pursuing careers in science,” he noted in a message for the day. Today, women make…
Peace is UN’s raison d’être: Guterres
Addressing the General Assembly with a list of priority areas for action, António Guterres underscored that the UN was founded on the pursuit of peace. “Peace is our raison d’être.…
Guterres appoints independent UNRWA review panel
The independent Review Group – appointed in consultation with UNRWA Commissioner-General Philippe Lazzarini – will examine whether the agency is doing everything it can to ensure neutrality and to respond…
Guterres: End ‘abhorrent practice’ of female genital mutilation
“Even one mutilation is one too many,” António Guterres said in his message to mark the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), observed annually on 6…
Guterres: Two-State solution the only path to a just, lasting peace
Addressing the annual session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, the UN chief voiced deep concern over the violence and suffering that…
Remembering Holocaust victims, Guterres urges a stand against division
Observing Saturday’s International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, he highlighted the millions of Jewish children, women and men, along with countless others, who suffered…
Rejection of two-State solution by Israeli leadership ‘unacceptable’, says Guterres
Video feed of the Council meeting, expected to start at 2 PM. There are dozens of countries remaining who want to speak in this high stakes open debate on the…
Guterres urges G-77 and China to drive momentum for global governance reform
More than 130 countries are members of the bloc – the largest grouping of the global South, representing 80 percent of the planet’s population – and their solidarity and partnership…
At Non-Aligned Movement summit, Guterres repeats call for Gaza ceasefire, release of hostages
Leaders from the 120-member bloc met amid deep division globally, including rising geopolitical tensions, climate catastrophe, widespread poverty and raging conflict in Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza. Danger and constraints “Following…