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António Guterres Sevilla Sustainable development
The stakes could not be higher. A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and many global commitments to finance them, two-thirds of the targets are lagging. The world is also falling short by over $4 trillion annually in the resources that developing countries need to deliver on these promises by 2030. Meanwhile, the ...
This is Beirut, 19/03 18:53 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Gaza Israel United Nations Antonio Guterres
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday urged a "full investigation" after a UN worker died and five others were seriously injured by a strike on their buildings in Gaza. "The Secretary-General strongly condemns all attacks on UN personnel and calls for a full investigation," deputy spokesman Farhan Haq ...
This is Beirut, 02/03 20:40 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Gaza Hamas Israel
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 ...
This is Beirut, 15/02 12:50 - Reading : 5 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres Republic of Congo Rwanda African Union
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 ...
Rayan Chami, 18/01 19:25 - Reading : 3 minute(s)
United Nations António Guterres Lebanon
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 ...
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 ...
This is Beirut, 16/01 20:50 - Reading : 1 minute(s)
Antonio Guterres United Nations Lebanon
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 ...
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2024-12-05 22:00 - Reading : 2 minute(s)
Erdogan Antonio Guterres Syria Bashar al-Assad
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 ...
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 ...
This is Beirut, 2024-10-24 16:05 - Reading : 4 minute(s)
Middle East Ukraine Vladimir Putin Antonio Guterres
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, ...
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 ...