The UN chief has said the adoption by most nations of the world of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea 40 years ago is more relevant than ever as the oceans are now in dire straits. Speaking at a major General Assembly meeting marking the 40th anniversary
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Myanmar must return to democracy for regional peace, says UN chief
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged the Myanmar military government to immediately return to democracy, saying the current situation in the country was a threat to peace in the region. Myanmar has spiralled into bloody conflict since the military removed Aung San Suu Kyi’s civilian government in February last year,
Either cooperate or perish: UN chief tells climate summit
"Cooperate or perish," the United Nations chief told dozens of leaders gathered Monday for international climate talks, warning them that the world is "on a highway to climate hell" and urging the two biggest polluting countries, China and the United States, to work together to avert it. This year's annual
UN chief saddened by death of 3 Bangladeshi peacekeepers
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep shock at the death of three peacekeepers from Bangladesh following the detonation of an explosive ordnance against a convoy of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. "The Secretary-General is deeply saddened," Stephane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General,
Zelenskyy to host Lviv talks with UN chief
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is due to host the U.N. chief and Turkey’s leader Thursday for talks on the recent deal to resume Ukraine’s grain exports, the volatile situation at a Russian-occupied nuclear power plant and efforts to help end the nearly six-month-old war. U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres arrived Wednesday in
UN Chief urges governments to tax ‘Immoral & Excessive’ oil and gas profits
Commit to restoring planet: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated that recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic is a chance to set the world on a cleaner, greener, and more sustainable path. "Let us all commit to the hard work of restoring our planet and making peace with nature," he said in a message marking International Mother