Antonio Guterres Stories

Tigray accuses Ethiopian Government of violating peace agreement, warns of escalation
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 08, 2025

The letter dated November 7, 2045, cited Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent remarks to the Ethiopian Parliament, in which he publicly rejected the Pre...

Brazil: Guterres calls for ‘fair, fast and final’ shift to clean energy
UN News  |  Nov 08, 2025

The latest push came on Friday in remarks to the Energy Transition Roundtable in Belém, Brazil, held just days before the formal opening of the COP30...

Potential Gaza stabilisation force must have Security Council approval: Guterres
UN News  |  Nov 05, 2025

The Secretary-General stressed that the UN’s positions “have been very clear” and are not dependent “on cooperating with this or that country.”

UN urges end to El-Fasher siege as violence escalates in Sudan’s Darfur
DW News  |  Oct 30, 2025

Speaking in Brussels, Sudan’s Ambassador to the EU, Aldelbagi Kabeir, criticised the international response, describing an EU statement on the conflic...

UN chief asks Security Council to spend resources in peace instead of war
XINHUA  |  Oct 26, 2025

Guterres also said that reform of the Security Council is imperative and long overdue to maintain global order and safety, including the expansion of...

Sixty-five nations sign first UN treaty to fight cybercrime, in milestone for digital cooperation
UN News  |  Oct 25, 2025

The new treaty criminalises a range of cyber-dependent and cyber-enabled offences, facilitates the sharing of electronic evidence across borders and e...

Guterres calls for urgent reform of the Security Council
UN News  |  Oct 25, 2025

While the Council has played a central role in peacekeeping, conflict resolution and upholding international law, its veto system has often stalled ac...

UN chief ‘deeply saddened’ by deadly protests in Madagascar
UN News  |  Oct 10, 2025

Guterres extended his heartfelt condolences to the families of the victims and called on the authorities to comply with international human rights law...

Gaza deal: UN and humanitarian partners ‘prepared to move - now,’ says Guterres
UN News  |  Oct 10, 2025

Guterres said the UN and its partners were ready to “move now,” with teams and supplies already in place to scale up food, water, medical and shelter...

UN to slash global peacekeeping force by 25 per cent after US funding cuts
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 09, 2025

The cuts follow Tuesday's talks between UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and major donor countries, including the new US ambassador to the organi...

Women’s leadership role in peace and security issues ‘going in reverse’, UN chief warns
UN News  |  Oct 07, 2025

As the Secretary-General noted, the resolution “gave voice to a simple truth: women’s leadership is central to just and lasting peace”, in addition to...

AI must not decide humanity’s fate, UN chief warns Security Council
UN News  |  Sep 25, 2025

The Secretary-General highlighted steps already underway, including the creation of an independent scientific panel on AI and a new global dialogue on...

UN chief Guterres calls statehood for Palestinians 'a right, not a reward'
DW News  |  Sep 23, 2025

Speaking at a New York conference on the Middle East convened by France and Saudi Arabia, Guterres said denying statehood would fuel extremism and war...

Recommit to a two-state solution for Israel-Palestine conflict, ‘before it’s too late’: Guterres
UN News  |  Sep 23, 2025

The UK, Canada, Australia and Portugal recognised a Palestinian State on Sunday, and President Macron announced that France would join them – to lengt...

UN chief demands end to El Fasher siege in Sudan after mosque strike kills over 70 worshippers
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 21, 2025

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Guterres demanded civilian protection, safe passage for those wishing to flee, and unhindered humanitarian...

UN rallies behind Kenya-led security mission in Haiti
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Aug 30, 2025

Antonio Guterres said such support is vital to reinforce local initiatives, safeguard civilians, and pave the way for a return to law and order and cr...

‘Africa is poised for progress’ Guterres tells development conference in Japan
UN News  |  Aug 21, 2025

In this regard, he emphasised the need to accelerate progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) through investment, reform and partn...

17 areas of Sudan "at risk of famine": UN spokesman
XINHUA  |  Aug 14, 2025

Some residents in El Fasher are reportedly surviving on animal fodder and food waste, the spokesman said.

Antonio Guterres leads global commemoration of International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 09, 2025

According to the United Nations, indigenous peoples are inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures and ways of relating to people and the environ...

Amid starvation in Gaza, Sudan, Guterres slams hunger ‘as a weapon of war’
UN News  |  Jul 30, 2025

One in three people “hasn’t eaten for days”, insisted Tom Fletcher, UN Emergency Relief Chief and head of OCHA. “People are being shot just trying to...

UN warns of ‘horror show’ as over 60,000 killed in Gaza as Israel-Hamas war intensifies
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 29, 2025

In a statement on Tuesday, the Hamas-run Ministry of Health in Gaza reported that 60,034 people had been killed and 145,870 injured since the conflict...

Gen Muhoozi Kainerubaga: UPDF does not recognise Congo-M23 Doha agreement
Mary Wambui  |  Jul 25, 2025

The agreement signed last week laid out several principles for the two parties to follow to allow resumption of normalcy by ending fighting in Eastern...

UN’s Guterres declares fossil fuel era fading; presses nations for new climate plans before COP30 summit
UN News  |  Jul 23, 2025

In a special address at UN Headquarters in New York, Guterres cited surging clean energy investment and plunging solar and wind costs that now outcomp...

UN chief describes situation in Gaza as a 'horror show'
DW News  |  Jul 23, 2025

Guterres said that escalated Israeli operations meant "devastation is being layered upon devastation," with the humanitarian system in its "last gasp....

UN Security Council adopts unanimous resolution urging peaceful settlement of global disputes
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jul 22, 2025

All 15 members of the United Nations Security Council voted in favour of the resolution, which was introduced by Pakistan during a session on Tuesday...

Guterres condemns killing of people seeking food as humanitarian conditions deteriorate in Gaza
UN News  |  Jul 22, 2025

He said the Secretary-General deplored the growing reports of both children and adults suffering from malnutrition and strongly condemned the ongoing...

UN appoints China’s Guang Cong as new Horn of Africa special envoy amid regional crises
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jul 20, 2025

Before this appointment, Guang served as Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs in South Sudan and Deputy Head of the United Nations Miss...

SHOFCO founder Kennedy Odede awarded 2025 Nelson Mandela Prize
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 19, 2025

The award was presented during a ceremony held at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York on Friday, July 18, as part of the Nelson Mandela Internati...

Global SDG progress ‘off track’ as 2025 UN report warns of development emergency
Alfred Onyango  |  Jul 16, 2025

This stagnation persists despite increasing global awareness of the interconnected crises the SDGs aim to address — including climate change, poverty,...

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