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Antonio Guterres urges public development banks to ‘green the balance sheet’
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged public development banks to do more to "green the balance sheet".In a video message to the 2021 Finance in Common Summit in Rome on Wednesday, he said: "You spearheaded the…
Guterres shocked by Ethiopia’s decision to expel 7 UN officials
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed shock over the news that the Ethiopian government has declared seven UN officials, including senior humanitarian officials, as persona non grata and ordered them to leave…
Climate Change: Act or perish, Antonio Guterres to world leaders
New Delhi : "We can either save our world or condemn humanity to a hellish future," is how the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned the Ministers at the PreCOP26 held at Milan in Italy.With the UN's annual climate change…
Antonio Guterres welcomes Armenia-Azerbaijan FMs meeting
United Nations : UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday welcomed a meeting of the Foreign Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan and expressed the hope that such efforts will lead to a peaceful settlement of the Nagorno-Karabakh…
World on catastrophic path to 2.7-degree heating: UN chief
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UN chief calls for stronger ties with Shanghai Cooperation Organization to fight climate crisis
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a stronger ties with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) in tackling climate crisis and geopolitical tensions amid Covid-19 recovery.The Covid-19 pandemic "has…
UN chief appoints new executive director of International Trade Centre
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the appointment of Pamela Coke-Hamilton of Jamaica as executive director of the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the United Nations Conference on Trade and…
UN chief calls for combatting racism in all manifestations
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community to promote justice and combat racism in all its manifestations."Every day, in our work across the world, we must strive to do our part to promote…
More people could slip into hunger as result of COVID-19 : Antonio Guterres
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that many more people could slip into hunger this year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.He sounded the alarm in a video message on Monday during the launch of "The State of Food Security and…