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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday that Ethiopia has no right to expel UN staff and it is violating the international law in doing this. In his right of reply at the Security Council meeting on Ethiopia, the top UN official said that …

United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke Sunday on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, declaring that nuclear weapons must be eliminated from the world and a new era of dialogue, trust and peace must begin. Addressing the threat of nuclear weapons “has …

United Nations | Xinhua | Food should be viewed as a human right, not as a commodity, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday. “We need to re-think how we see and value food — not simply as a commodity to be traded, but as a right that every person …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday called for efforts to strengthen democracy in face of future crises by learning from COVID-19. “As the world struggles to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic and its devastating consequences, we must learn from the lessons of the past 18 months …

Geneva, Switzerland | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Monday that the possibility of a complete economic collapse in Afghanistan is “serious.” Guterres was in Geneva on Monday to convene a high-level ministerial meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan. He highlighted the acute and urgent need for …

United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called on all countries to do more to improve air quality. “On the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, I call on all countries to do more to improve air quality,” the UN chief said in a …

United Nations | Xinhua | UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday called for an end to racism on the occasion of the first-ever International Day for People of African Descent, which falls on Aug. 31 each year. This day is a celebration of the enormous contributions of people of African descent …

Kampala, Uganda | Ronald Musoke | Scientists are observing changes in the Earth’s climate in every region and across the whole climate system, according to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Report, released Aug.09. “Climate change is already affecting every region on Earth, in multiple ways. The changes we …

United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for greater collective efforts to achieve all the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by transforming the current food systems. “At this pre-summit, we can define the scope of our collective ambition and strengthen our efforts to achieve all …

UN chief Antonio Guterres has urged all nations and communities to protect and fulfil the human rights of all persons with albinism and provide necessary support and care United Nations | Xinhua | United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres reiterated his solidarity with persons with albinism on Sunday, which was the International …