UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has emphasized that the Pact for the Future and its annexes, "open pathways to new possibilities and opportunities." "People everywhere are hoping for a future of peace, dignity, and prosperity. They are crying out for global action to solve the climate crisis, tackle inequality, and address new
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UN chief urges global action to tackle extreme heat
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for global action to tackle extreme heat, as "extreme temperatures are no longer a one day, one week or one month phenomenon." "Earth is becoming hotter and more dangerous for everyone, everywhere," Guterres said in remarks to the press on extreme heat. Billions of people
World failing to meet development goals: UN chief
War and funding shortfalls have hampered progress toward the United Nations' flagship development goals which include action to combat climate change, the organization's Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Friday. In 2015, UN member states adopted the Sustainable Development Goals, 17 targets to transform the world by 2030 including by completely ending
Attack on Rafah would be ‘nail in coffin’ of Gaza aid: UN chief
A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programmes in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains "completely insufficient", the UN chief warned Monday. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Antonio Guterres said that Gaza's southernmost city, where more than 1.4 million Palestinians are
Public order in Gaza likely to break down: UN chief
The UN secretary-general, warning he expects public order in Gaza to break down completely and soon, struck a rare and powerful alarm bell in a letter Wednesday to the Security Council. Antonio Guterres said he was invoking Article 99 of the UN's charter, which states that "the Secretary-General may bring to
UN chief ‘deeply distressed’ by Israeli siege of Gaza
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned the Hamas attack against Israel but said he was "deeply distressed" by the country's subsequent imposition of a total siege on the Gaza Strip. "The humanitarian situation in Gaza was extremely dire before these hostilities," Guterres told reporters. "Now it will only deteriorate exponentially." Earlier
UN Chief vs Russia: A Second Battlefront in the Ukraine War
The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the creature of—and subservient to — the 193 member states who largely reign supreme in the world body. But, in reality, Antonio Guterres has been defiant and openly challenged one of the five permanent members of the Security Council lambasting Russia for its 17-month-old
78m children don’t go to school at all: UN chief
A staggering 78 million girls and boys around the world today "don't go to school at all" because of conflict, climate disasters and displacement - while tens of millions more receive only sporadic teaching - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Thursday. Calling for more funding for education in emergencies spearheaded by
Rising seas appear as ‘death sentence’ for some nations: UN chief names Bangladesh, China, India in particular
The United Nations chief warned Tuesday that global sea levels have risen faster since 1900 and their relentless increase puts countries like Bangladesh, China, India and the Netherlands at risk and acutely endangers nearly 900 million people living in low-lying coastal areas.In a grim speech to the Security Council's first-ever
Over 280m people left home for a better life: UN
More than 280 million people have left their countries to pursue opportunity, dignity, freedom, and a better life, the UN said on International Migrants Day Sunday.Secretary-General Antonio Guterres credited more than 80 percent of those who cross borders in a safe and orderly fashion as powerful drivers of economic growth,