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António Guterres

July 2024

  • UN secretary general 'strongly condemns' Russian attack on Kyiv children's hospital – video

    Russia hit hospital in Ukraine's capital with missile in broad daylight and launched attacks across country

June 2024

  • Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Belgium, on 9 June 2024.

    The Guardian view on Europe’s imperilled green deal: time to outflank the radical right

  • United Nations General Assembly holds a ceremonial tribute to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi at the U.N. headquarters in New York<br>United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres addresses the delegates at the United Nations General Assembly during a ceremonial tribute to Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi at the United Nations headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2024. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz

    Guterres warns humanity on ‘knife’s edge’ as AI raises nuclear war threat

  • a middle-aged white man with coiffed white hair in a suit and tie speaks from behind a lectern with the light blue and white symbol of the United Nations

    News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas

  • The UN secretary general delivered dire scientific warnings of global heating

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    Fossil fuel firms are 'godfathers of climate chaos', says UN chief – video

  • ‘Godfathers of climate chaos’: UN chief urges global fossil-fuel advertising ban

  • Benjamin Netanyahu insists on Hamas ‘destruction’ as part of plan to end Gaza war

May 2024

  • Gaza could run out of fuel within hours after border crossings closed, warns UN chief – video

    António Guterres urged Israel not to expand its offensive in Rafah and called both parties to reach a ceasefire agreement that would release all hostages and get aid into Gaza

April 2024

  • Palestinians perform Friday prayers next to the ruins of al-Farouq mosque in Rafah

    G7 opposes full-scale military operation in Rafah amid fears for civilians

    Ministers warn an offensive would be catastrophic for people in Gaza’s southernmost city
  • Members of Ecuador's Special Penitentiary Action Group escort Jorge Glas at a maximum security prison

    UN chief joins condemnation of Ecuadorian raid on Mexican embassy

    António Guterres voices ‘alarm’ as Latin American governments sharply criticise Quito’s move to arrest former vice-president
    • Julie Bishop ‘deeply honoured’ to be appointed UN special envoy for Myanmar

    • ‘We want to know why’: UN chief questions Israel over 196 aid worker deaths in Gaza – video

    • The age of extinction
      UN names veteran EU official Astrid Schomaker as new biodiversity chief

March 2024

  • File image of UN peacekeepers holding their flag near the southern Lebanese-Israeli border

    United Nations secretary general condemns explosion that injured UN observers in southern Lebanon

  • Joe Biden

    The Guardian view on the UN security council’s ceasefire resolution: the US talks tougher on Israel

  • Lotfi Gheith (L), the emergency operations centre director for the Egyptian Red Crescent, briefs United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres (C) about items rejected by Israeli authorities that were bound for the Gaza Strip, at El-Arish International Airport in Egypt's northeastern province of North Sinai

    UN calls for humanitarian ceasefire amid urgent efforts to avoid Gaza famine

  • People walk in front of Unrwa headquarters in Gaza

    Israeli diplomats pre-emptively attack findings of Unrwa inquiries

February 2024

  • Palestinian children, with filled containers, sit on the ground after waiting in a line for food in Rafah. (Photo by Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

    UN warns Rafah attack would be ‘nail in coffin’ of Gaza aid as deliveries halve

    Amount reaching starving territory dropped 50% in February despite severe shortages of basic necessities
  • IDF operation in Rafah would be 'final nail in the coffin' of aid programmes, says UN chief – video

    António Guterres criticised the UN security council for failing to respond adequately to Israel's war in Gaza
  • Palestinian families take refuge at a school affiliated with the UNRWA in Gaza City

    Israel has long sought to undermine UNRWA - Australia’s heartless suspension of funding should be lifted

    Izzat Abdulhadi
    Denying essential support to millions of Palestinians over unproven Israeli allegations against the agency could be considered collective punishment
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