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Guterres calls UN's work in Pakistan a 'drop in ocean' of what is needed
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday exhorted the international community to step up efforts to help flood-ravaged Pakistan rebuild resilient communities and infrastructure to resist future disasters, while conceding "what the UN is doing in Pakistan is a drop in the ocean of what is needed." Secretary General Guterres made these remarks in Sukkur in Pakistan's Sindh province, where he was visiting flood-hit areas. Taking an aerial view of the flood-affected regions along with Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the UN chief termed the flood devastation 'unimaginable'. Countries vulnerable to climate change, including Pakistan, must be supported to rebuild resilient communities and infrastructure to resist future disasters, Guterres said, as he rounded-off the two-day solidarity trip to the country. He said that there needs to be a serious discussion on loss and damages as "what the UN is doing in Pakistan is a drop in the ocean of what is needed." "We are perfectly aware of our limit
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Latest LIVE: Amit Shah to attend AGM of major Gujarat cooperatives tomorrow
Live news updates: Shah is slated to participate in the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of major cooperative institutions of Gujarat on Sunday
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Protect right to education: UN chief on Protect Education from Attack Day
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for efforts to protect the right to education in his message for the International Day to Protect Education from Attack.
UN chief Antonio Guterres on a two-day visit to flood-hit Pakistan
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived before dawn Friday on a two-day visit aimed at expressing his solidarity with Pakistan's government and people over climate-induced floods that have killed 1,391 people since mid-June. Upon his arrival at an airport near Islamabad, Guterres was received by senior officials. During the visit, the UN chief will travel to flood-hit areas, and he will meet with Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif and other government and military officials. Guterres' trip comes less than two weeks after he issued an appeal for USD 160 million in emergency funding to help millions affected by record-breaking floods that have caused at least USD 10 billion in damages. Last week, the UN chief issued a stern warning about the effects of climate change. Let us stop sleepwalking toward the destruction of our planet by climate change, he said in a video message to a ceremony in Islamabad at the time. Today, it's Pakistan. Tomorrow, it could be your country. So far, U
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'Pak facing monsoon on steroids': UN issues appeal amid devastating floods
The United Nations issued a flash appeal on Tuesday for USD 160 million to help Pakistan deal with devastating floods that have killed over 1,000 people and affected millions of lives
UN chief urges Ethiopia and Tigray leaders to 'immediately' halt fighting
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday urged Ethiopia's prime minister and the leader of its restive Tigray region to immediately halt the latest eruption of hostilities, which has set back efforts to restore peace and tackle a humanitarian crisis in Tigray. Guterres also called for "the creation of conditions to restart an effective political dialogue" in separate phone calls with Ethiopian leader Abiy Ahmed and Debretsion Gebremichael, head of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said. Tigray authorities alleged Wednesday that Ethiopia's military had launched a "large-scale" offensive for the first time in a year in Tigray, while the government countered that Tigray forces attacked first. The conflict began in November 2020, killing thousands of people in Africa's second-most populous country. Now, as then, both sides have acted at a moment when the world was focused elsewhere the US presidential election in 2020 and the six-month mark o
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UN fact-finding mission members appointed for Donetsk prison attack
UN Secretary-General has appointed members of a fact-finding mission to look into the July 29 attack on a Donetsk prison in Ukraine that reportedly killed dozens of prisoners of war
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UN chief demands halt to "nuclear saber-rattling'' at Ukrainian nuke plant
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has demanded a halt to nuclear saber-rattling, saying the world is at a maximum moment of danger and all countries with nuclear weapons must make a commitment to no first-use. The UN chief on Monday told the Security Council that the commitment to dialogue and reason that led to the recent deal restarting grain and fertiliser shipments from Ukraine and Russia must be applied to the critical situation at Europe's largest nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhia in southeastern Ukraine, where continued shelling and fighting in the area has raised fears of a nuclear catastrophe. Saying humanity's future is in our hands today, Guterres urged all countries to recommit to a world free of nuclear weapons and to spare no effort to come to the negotiating table to ease tensions and end the nuclear arms race, once and for all. The secretary-general spoke at a council meeting organised by China, which holds the presidency this month, on promoting common securit
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UN chief calls for global consensus on cooperation for collective security
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has stressed the need to reforge a global consensus around the cooperation required to ensure collective security
UN chief voices deep concern over series of blasts in Afghanistan
UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed his deep concern over a series of blasts in Afghanistan that killed and injured more than 250 people this month
India's IT Secy appointed to high-level UN panel on internet governance
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed India's Electronics and Information Technology Secretary Alkesh Kumar Sharma to a panel of eminent experts on internet governance
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World one miscalculation away from 'nuclear annihilation,' warns UN chief
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres sounded the alarm over the war in Ukraine, nuclear threats in Asia and the Middle East, warning that humanity is just one step away from nuclear annihilation.
UN peacekeepers kill two civilians in Congo; chief Guterres outraged
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed outrage after UN peacekeepers opened fire and killed two residents of a town in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that borders Uganda
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UN chief condemns attack on cricket stadium in Kabul that killed 19
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the attack at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium which killed at least 19 civilians."I strongly condemn Friday's attack at the Kabul International Cricket Stadium, which claimed the lives of at least 19 civilians & caused additional casualties. Attacks against civilians and civilian objects are strictly prohibited under international humanitarian law," the UN chief tweeted.According to initial reports, an explosion tore through the stands at Kabul's International Cricket Stadium in the Chaman Hozori area of the capital at around 16.10 during a T20 match between Band-e-Amir Dragons and Pamir Zalmi. Local hospitals have reported receiving many victims.Separately, the UN Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Humanitarian Coordinator for Afghanistan, Ramiz Alakbarov, strongly condemned the atrocious attack.Alakbarov who was present at the stadium at the time of the attack to address ...
PM speaks with UN chief; calls for speedy probe into attack on peacekeepers
PM Narendra Modi discussed with UN Chief Antonio Guterres the recent attack on UN mission personnel in Congo and called for expeditious investigation to bring perpetrators of the incident to justice
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UN chief condoles killing of peacekeepers in Congo during call with PM Modi
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed his sincere condolences to the government and people of India on the killing of two Indian peacekeepers serving with the UN mission in Congo
India expresses concern over UNSG's report on Children and Armed Conflict
Days after the UN Secretary General's report on Children and Armed Conflict' mentioned India, New Delhi has expressed concern
Guterres expresses concern on recruitment of kids by armed groups in India
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed concern over the recruitment of children by armed groups in India
UN chief express sadness over horrific killing of Japanese Ex-PM Shinzo Abe
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday expressed sadness over the horrific killing of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and said he will always remember his collegiality
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Pak foreign min Bilawal raises J-K issue with UN chief Antonio Guterres
Pakistan's new Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari raised the issue of Jammu and Kashmir in his meeting with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres here on Wednesday
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