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UN chief urges all countries to stop building new coal power plants

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday called on all countries to stop building new coal power plants in his video message to the East Asia Summit 2020

UN Secretary-General Guterres urges solidarity for people living in poverty

"Women are at greatest risk because they are more likely to lose their jobs, and less likely to have social protection"

As World Bank faces scrutiny, UN chief warns lenders over fossil fuels

Guterres urged a coalition of finance ministers and economic policymakers from dozens of countries to ensure development banks end fossil fuel investments and boost renewable energy

UN chief Guterres lauds 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner World Food Programme

Guterres said there was also hunger in the world for international cooperation and the World Food Programme feeds that need as well

UN Chief Guterres wishes complete recovery to Donald Trump, first lady

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has wished a quick and complete recovery to US President Donald Trump and first lady Melania after the couple tested positive for the coronavirus

Time for countries to help fund global Covid-19 vaccine effort: UN Chief

The Access to Covid-19 Tools (ACT) Accelerator and its COVAX facility - led by the World Health Organization and GAVI vaccine alliance - has received $3 billion, but needs another $35 billion

UN Chief calls 1 million Covid-19 global death toll 'agonising milestone'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called the 1 million global death toll from the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) "an agonizing milestone."

UN Chief Guterres calls for fighting misinformation to tackle Covid-19

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged joint efforts to address the infodemic, mitigating the harm done to people by misinformation and disinformation about the COVID-19 pandemic.

Guterres calls for improved world governance as UN marks 75 years

Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for improved world governance, underlining that there is a surplus of multilateral challenges today but a deficit of solutions.

UN Antonio Guterres chief urges all parties in Yemen to cease hostilities

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged all parties in Yemen to cease hostilities and pledged that the UN will continue to support them in implementing agreements signed since 2018

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warns UN facing its '1945 moment'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has warned that the world body was facing its own "1945 moment", noting that efforts must be made to "meet that moment"

Guterres calls for positive move on Kashmir, sidesteps demography question

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called upon India and Pakistan to move in a positive way to resolve their differences

UN Secy-General calls for concerted action by G20 in combating Covid-19

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the G20 countries to take concerted action to combat the Covid-19 pandemic and build back better

UN Secretary General Guterres condoles death of former Prez Mukherjee

UN Secretary General has condoled the death of former president Pranab Mukherjee and recalled with appreciation his commitment to reform, multilateralism and support to the world organisation

UN chief demands immediate and unconditional release of Mali President, PM

Antonio Guterres demanded "the immediate and unconditional release" of Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita and Prime Minister Boubou Cisse after they were "arrested" by the mutiny leaders

Covid-19 pandemic threatens peace and risks new conflicts: UN chief

Ban criticised the UN Security Council for wasting valuable months "in arguments over the details of the text"

Covid-19 lockdown affecting rights of women, girls more, says UN chief

The pandemic is deepening existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, particularly for women and girls, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

UN Secretary-General praises India over work in field of renewable energy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had last year in September inaugurated a 50 kilowatt 'Gandhi Solar Park' at the Headquarters of the United Nations

India a 'good example' as solar auctions gain popularity, says UN chief

"Coal has no place in Covid-19 recovery plans. Nations must commit to net-zero emissions by 2050 and submit more ambitious national climate plans before COP-26 next year," he said

No reason for a country to include coal in Covid-19 recovery plan: UN Chief

A week after India launched the auction process for coal blocks for commercial mining, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said investments should instead be made in non-polluting energy sources