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UN Chief for ensuring equitable distribution of Covid-19 vaccine
International partners working to achieve equitable distribution of COVID-19 vaccines appealed on Wednesday for the UN Security Council to ensure people caught in conflict have access to these lifesaving treatments.
UN Chief calls for greater commitment to avert climate catastrophe
Noting that the 2021 a ‘crucial year’ for climate change, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the world is far from achieving agreed goals to reduce global warming in line with the Paris Agreement on Climate Change and stressed the need for securing greater commitment to averting climate catastrophe.
UN chief: UN will seek to unite world, reverse Myanmar coup
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pledged Friday that the United Nations will do everything it can to unite the international community and create conditions for the military coup in Myanmar to be reversed.
UN chief calls for immediate attention to 3 global emergencies
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for immediate attention to three global emergencies after listing a long string of threats and challenges the world is facing.
UN chief: Year 2021 must be a year of healing
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said the year 2021 must be a year of healing and healing from the pandemic and broken societies in which hatred has all too easily taken the root.
UN chief: World faces 'existential threats,' fragilities
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned global leaders Monday that the world is not only facing a COVID-19 emergency and the worst economic crisis in nearly a century, but also “existential threats" to the climate and biodiversity — and the possibility of the largest economies, the United States and China, splitting the world in two.
Step up efforts to reimagine education: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to step up efforts to reimagine education -- training teachers, bridging the digital divide and rethinking curricula -- to equip learners with the skills and knowledge to flourish in a rapidly changing world.
Guterres urges world to ‘work together in solidarity’ as US moves to re-join WHO
The United Nations Secretary-General on Wednesday welcomed the announcement by President Joe Biden that the United States will re-engage with the World Health Organization (WHO) and continue to be a full participant in advancing global health and health security.
UN chief calls for global coordinated effort to end pandemic
With more than two million lives now lost worldwide to Covid-19, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a global coordinated effort to end the pandemic and "save lives".
UN chief for global cooperation for climate action, pandemic response
In his first major speech of the year, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has underlined the need for global cooperation to address today’s challenges such as the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change.