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Stalled esclators, empty water coolers at UN as budget crunch hits

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 13 01:00 AM

Secretary General Antonio Guterres laid out the looming cutbacks he said would mean fewer flights and receptions, limits on hiring, and fewer documents, reports and translations. Read more »

UN may run out of money by end of the month: Guterres

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 08 09:21 AM

The United Nations is running a deficit of $230 million, Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Monday, and may run out of money by the end of October. Read more »

'We are losing the race' on climate catastrophe, warns UN chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 18 07:45 AM

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday the world was "losing the race" to avert climate disaster, but that greenhouse gas reduction targets were not out of reach yet. Read more »

UN appoints new HIV/AIDS chief after controversy

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Aug 16 06:13 AM

UNITED NATIONS, United States—United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres appointed a new HIV/AIDS chief on Wednesday after the previous incumbent left accused of serious mismanagement. Read more »

US asks UN Security Council to hold Iran talks on Monday

Kyodo
Posted at Jun 22 08:18 PM

The request came a day after Iran's paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it has shot down a US drone in the southern province of Hormozgan facing the Persian Gulf. Read more »

UN warns of Libya confrontation as Haftar eyes Tripoli push

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 05 01:22 AM

TRIPOLI, Libya - Forces led by a controversial Libyan military chief maneuvered Thursday for a threatened advance towards Tripoli as UN chief Antonio Guterres warned of the growing risk of violence.    Read more »

UN chief launches global push against hate speech

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 25 06:20 PM

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday launched a new global strategy to combat hate speech, a growing scourge he said has "poisoned" debate on crucial challenges like migration.  Read more »

United Nations moves to help combat sexual abuse in its ranks

Ellen Wulfhorst, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Feb 20 08:15 AM

NEW YORK - The United Nations on Tuesday took steps to tackle sexual exploitation and abuse within its ranks, naming an array of experts to a panel aimed at ending incidents of harassment that have plagued the global agency for years. Read more »

‘We are losing the race’ on climate change: UN chief

Jitendra Joshi, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 24 07:26 PM

The world is "losing the race" against climate change, UN chief Antonio Guterres warned Thursday. Read more »

UN chief warns leaders of 'increasingly chaotic' world order

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Sep 25 11:27 PM

UNITED NATIONS - United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned leaders on Tuesday that world order is "increasingly chaotic," trust is at breaking point and shifts in the balance of power may increase the risk of confrontation, though he did not lay blame. Read more »

UN chief: Myanmar violence could spread, displace more Rohingya

Michelle Nichols, Reuters
Posted at Sep 29 08:55 AM

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned on Thursday that the violence against Myanmar's Rohingya Muslims in the northern part of Rakhine state could spread to central Rakhine, where 250,000 more people were at risk of displacement. Read more »

U.N. chief seeks to avoid war with N. Korea, takes digs at Trump

Reuters
Posted at Sep 19 10:50 PM

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed on Tuesday for statesmanship to avoid war with North Korea and criticized world leaders stoking resentment over refugees for political gain, two apparent digs at President Donald Trump. Read more »

UN chief urges 'pragmatic, people-oriented' approach to drug problem

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Sep 16 08:18 PM

The United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on world leaders from developing countries to reexamine what he calls restrictive policies in solving the drug problem. Read more »

U.N. chief urges Myanmar to halt attacks on Rohingya

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 14 02:57 AM

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres acknowledged Wednesday that Rohingya Muslims were being ethnically cleansed in Myanmar as he called for a halt to a military campaign in Rakhine state. Read more »

Worried UN chief says N.Korea crisis is worst 'in years'

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Sep 10 10:21 AM

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, in an interview published Sunday, said the showdown over North Korea's nuclear and missile program was the world's worst crisis "in years" and had left him deeply worried. Read more »

UN chief says Cyprus talks fail

Tom Miles, Reuters
Posted at Jul 07 09:33 AM

Talks aimed at ending the four-decade Cyprus conflict have closed without reaching an agreement, U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres said on Friday after a stormy final session of talks that ran into the early hours. Read more »

'Islamophobia' fuelling terrorism: UN chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 13 08:32 AM

'Islamophobia' in parts of the world is fuelling terrorism, the head of the United Nations said on a visit to Saudi Arabia Sunday, as anti-immigrant sentiment rises in some countries. Read more »

New UN chief seeks 'whole new approach' to prevent war

Carole Landry, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 11 03:00 PM

UNITED NATIONS - UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for a "whole new approach" to prevent war, vowing to boost the world body's mediation capacity to tackle global conflicts.  Read more »

'I am not a miracle worker', says new UN chief

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 01:14 PM

UNITED NATIONS - The new United Nations chief, Antonio Guterres, warned Tuesday that the world body faces "very challenging times" and asked for support of reforms to make it better able to deal with them. Read more »

Ban Ki-moon bids farewell to United Nations

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 31 01:15 PM

UN Secretary Ban Ki-moon paid an emotional farewell to the United Nations on Saturday, wistfully describing his two-term stint at the helm of the global body as something of a fairy tale. Read more »