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Russian strikes hit Kyiv as UN chief visits

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Apr 29 10:54 AM

A close aide to the UN chief sent a message to journalists confirming they were safe. Read more »

UN Secretary General arrives in Ukraine

Sergei Supinsky, AFP
Posted at Apr 28 08:27 PM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres walks during a visit in Borodianka, outside Kyiv, Ukraine on Thursday. Read more »

UN chief warns pandemic not over, decries vaccine inequality

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 01:43 PM

After two years, the COVID-19 pandemic is not yet over and could be prolonged further due to 'scandalously unequal' vaccine distribution, the UN secretary-general warned Wednesday. Read more »

World leaders say attack on Ukraine 'unprovoked, unjustified'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 03:10 PM

World leaders swiftly condemned Russia's military attack on Ukraine on Thursday, with Western capitals pledging new sanctions on Moscow. Read more »

UN chief warns of global impact of Russian invasion

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 24 12:48 AM

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned the body that "our world is facing a moment of peril" over Ukraine's crisis with Russia. Read more »

UN chief Guterres laments ‘epidemic’ of coups

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 27 07:55 AM

The case of Sudan is the latest in a series of military takeovers in Myanmar, Mali and Guinea and attempted coups in several other countries. Read more »

World leaders congratulate Ressa, Muratov on Nobel Peace Prize

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 09 08:23 AM

journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov were congratulated by global leaders for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Read more »

UN chief to host Afghanistan aid meeting in Geneva

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 04 07:25 AM

The UN Secretary General will travel to Geneva to convene a high-level conference on aid for Afghanistan on September 13, his spokesman said Friday. Read more »

UN chief declares 'war' on COVID as India toll tops 300,000 dead

Nina Larson, Agence France-Presse bureaus
Updated as of May 25 10:39 AM

The UN on Monday declared the world "at war" against Covid-19, as India's death toll passed 300,000 and Japan opened its first mass vaccination centers.   Read more »

UN chief 'dismayed', 'disturbed' by Israel strikes on Gaza

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 16 07:49 AM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres was "dismayed" by civilian casualties in Gaza and "deeply disturbed" by Israel's strike on a building containing international media outlets, a spokesman said in a statement released Saturday. Read more »

3 Filipino UN staff who died in line of duty honored

ABS-CBN News
Posted at May 12 12:50 AM

UN Secretary-General Guterres said 336 UN personnel from 82 member-states died in the service of peace or in COVID-19 related circumstances in 2020. Read more »

UN chief calls for more pandemic debt relief for poorer nations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 02:54 AM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for new creative financing to help poorer nations deal with the pandemic and prevent their economic recoveries from falling behind. Read more »

UN in talks with China for unrestricted Xinjiang visit

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 07:27 AM

The UN is in negotiations with Beijing for a visit "without restrictions" to Xinjiang to see how the Uighur minority is being treated, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in an interview broadcast Sunday. Read more »

UN chief criticizes wealthy countries for vaccine 'stockpile'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 29 05:30 AM

The UN chief criticized the "self interest" of rich countries for building up vaccine supplies beyond the needs of their populations.  Read more »

UN chief concerned by rise in anti-Asian violence

Reuters
Posted at Mar 23 06:42 AM

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about the rise of violence against Asians and people of Asian descent globally during the COVID-19 pandemic, a UN spokesman said on Monday. Read more »

UN chief: 'Barricaded' Myanmar protesters must be safely released

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 09 08:15 AM

UN chief Antonio Guterres called Monday for the safe release of hundreds of Myanmar protesters "barricaded" inside apartment complexes in Yangon, where security forces are violently cracking down on anti-junta demonstrations, his spokesman said.   Read more »

UN condemns Myanmar junta after two killed in anti-coup unrest

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Feb 21 04:14 PM

(UPDATE) The deaths of two anti-coup protesters in Myanmar sparked fresh UN condemnation of the country's new military regime on Sunday, as mourners prepared for the funeral of a young woman who became a national symbol of resistance to the junta. Read more »

UN chief vows to rally global pressure to make sure Myanmar coup fails

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Feb 04 05:58 AM

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged on Wednesday to mobilize enough international pressure on Myanmar's military "to make sure that this coup fails" as the U.N. Security Council tries to negotiate a statement on the crisis. Read more »

Global investors call for end to seafarers marooned at sea due to coronavirus

Jonathan Saul, Reuters
Posted at Jan 13 09:20 AM

A group of leading investors on Wednesday called for an end to a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on ships for many months due to COVID-19, warning that the situation was creating bigger risks every day.   Read more »

UN warns 2021 shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Updated as of Dec 05 07:18 AM

NEW YORK - Next year is shaping up to be a humanitarian catastrophe and rich countries must not trample poor countries in a "stampede for vaccines" to combat the coronavirus pandemic, top UN officials told the 193-member UN General Assembly on Friday. Read more »