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UN chief for humanity joining hands together in unity
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to realize the vision of peace, human rights and justice for everyone.
Grateful to countries that opened borders, hearts to refugees, migrants: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has lauded the developing countries that have opened their borders and hearts to refugees and migrants, despite their own social, economic, and now health, challenges.
Work together to preserve biodiversity: UN chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to work together to preserve biodiversity and help achieve Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
"As we seek to build back better from the current crisis, let us work together to preserve biodiversity so we can achieve our Sustainable Development Goals," he said in a message marking the International Day for Biological Diversity on Friday.
The UN chief said this year’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity is clear. "Our solutions are in nature."
He said preserving and sustainably managing biodiversity is necessary for mitigating climate disruption, guaranteeing water and food security and even preventing pandemics.
The UN chief said COVID-19 –which emanated from the wild -- has shown how human health is intimately connected with our relationship to the natural world.
"As we encroach on nature and deplete vital habitats, increasing numbers of species are at risk," he said adding that it includes humanity and the future they want.
He said that is how they will protect health and well-being for generations to come.
COVID-19 Misinformation: UN chief for rejecting lies, nonsense
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Tuesday said with common cause for common sense and facts, they can defeat COVID-19 -- and build a healthier, more equitable, just and resilient world.
"Together, let’s reject the lies and nonsense out there," he said in a message on COVID-19 and Misinformation.
UN chief asks for wartime plan for COVID-19
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday asked the Group of 20 (G20) largest economies of the world for a "wartime plan" to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
UN chief urges G20 to adopt `war-time' plan with trillions
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged leaders of the world's 20 major industrialized nations on Tuesday to adopt a "wartime" plan including a stimulus package "in the trillions of dollars" for businesses, workers and households in developing countries trying to tackle the coronavirus pandemic.
All must act together to slow spread of coronavirus: UN chief
UN Secretary General António Guterres has urged the global community to work together to slow the spread of coronavirus or COVID-19 and look after each other.
UN chief condemns assassination attempt on Sudanese PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres "strongly condemned" Monday's attack in Khartoum on the convoy of Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok, said the UN chief's spokesman Stephane Dujarric on Monday.
UN chief urges Syria cease-fire but Russia and China oppose
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres again called for an immediate cease-fire in northwestern Syria Friday "before the situation gets entirely out of control," and 13 of the 15 nations on the U.N. Security Council supported his appeal at an emergency meeting — but not Syria's closest ally Russia and China.
UN chief says NW syria in one of most alarming moments
The latest attacks in opposition-held northwest Syria marks "one of the most alarming moments" in the nearly 9-year-old conflict, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday.