This is Beirut - Antonio Guterres

UN Urges Israel to Restore Gaza Aid as Hamas Sees 'Coup' Against Truce

This is Beirut, 02/03 20:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

The United Nations on Sunday called on Israel to immediately allow aid into Gaza, hours after it suspended humanitarian deliveries into the war-battered territory as talks on a truce extension appeared to hit an impasse. With uncertainty looming over the truce, both Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Israeli military strikes in the Gaza ...

UN Chief Warns Against Regional War Over DR Congo at Africa Summit

This is Beirut, 15/02 12:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)

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UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded that the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a regional war avoided at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed fighters seized a second DRC provincial capital. With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the ...

Guterres: Lebanese State Must Have Sole Control Over Weapons

Rayan Chami, 18/01 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the international community on Saturday to support Lebanon's sovereignty and guarantee the state's monopoly on weapons, during a press conference at the Mövenpick Hotel in Beirut. “Lebanon’s sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected, and the Lebanese state must ...

Guterres Urges Reforms, Reaffirms International Support for Lebanon

This is Beirut, 18/01 12:55 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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During his visit to Baabda Palace on Saturday morning, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated, "We can establish a general framework to guarantee the protection of Lebanese territory and the peace process," emphasizing the importance of "the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the full deployment of the Lebanese ...

UN Chief Antonio Guterres in Lebanon on 'Solidarity Visit'

This is Beirut, 16/01 20:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Lebanon Thursday on a "solidarity visit". He was greeted at the airport by caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib. "The Secretary-General has just arrived in Beirut for a solidarity visit to Lebanon," after a long-stalled presidential election and a devastating war between Hezbollah and ...

Guterres to Visit Lebanon Next Saturday

This is Beirut, 11/01 21:00 - Reading : less than a minute

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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will visit Lebanon on Saturday to congratulate the new President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, and discuss the programs of UN agencies in the country. In a telephone call, Guterres welcomed the election of President Aoun and wished him success in his new functions. He also reaffirmed the ...

Syria: UN Chief Decries 'Collective Failure' as Turkey Urges Political Solution to Conflict

This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the escalating conflict in Syria is the result of a "chronic collective failure" of diplomacy, as he called for an end to fighting. After being dormant for years, the Syrian civil war exploded back into life last week as Islamist-led rebels launched an offensive against the forces of ...

UN Chief Slams US Decision to Supply Ukraine with Landmine

This is Beirut, 2024-11-25 13:55 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed on Monday the "renewed threat" of anti-personnel landmines, days after the United States said it would supply the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion. In remarks sent to a conference in Cambodia to review progress on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, Guterres hailed the work of ...

Putin Warns of Attempts to Defeat Russia Ahead of BRICS Summit

This is Beirut, 2024-10-24 16:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)

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Russian President Vladimir Putin warned on Thursday against "illusory" attempts to defeat Russia on the battlefield, ahead of his first meeting with UN Secretary-General António Guterres in more than two years, for talks set to focus on the conflict in Ukraine. Putin was speaking in the Russian city of Kazan on the final day of the BRICS summit, ...

Guterres Stirs Controversy by Visiting Russia for BRICS Summit

This is Beirut, 2024-10-23 11:30 - Reading : 3 minute(s)

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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Russia on Wednesday to attend the BRICS summit, marking his first visit to the country in over two years, which has drawn scorn from Ukraine. The gathering is the largest diplomatic forum in Russia since the launch of its full-scale military offensive on Ukraine in 2022, and President Vladimir ...

UN Chief Warns of "Catastrophe" if Israel Ban UNRWA

This is Beirut, 2024-10-09 12:36 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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The UN chief warned Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of a humanitarian "catastrophe" over Israeli legislation that could prevent the UN agency for Palestinian refugees from operating. Speaking to reporters, Antonio Guterres said he had written to Netanyahu about draft laws in the Israeli parliament that "could prevent UNRWA from continuing its ...

Gaza: Guterres Warns Against a Full Offensive on Rafah

This Is Beirut, 2024-02-26 12:06 - Reading : 2 minute(s)

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A full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah would deliver a death blow to aid programs in Gaza, where humanitarian assistance remains "completely insufficient," UN chief Antonio Guterres warned on Monday. Speaking before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva, Guterres said that Gaza's southernmost city, where more than 1.4 million ...

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