Antonio Guterres News
UN Chief calls 1 million COVID-19 global death toll ’agonizing milestone’
Guterres calls to keep physical distance, wear face masks and wash hands
1 min read29 Sep 2020Coronavirus is ’out of control’: United Nations chief
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged the international community to come together to defeat the coronavirus, stressing that a vaccine alone can’t solve the crisis.
2 min read17 Sep 2020UN’s Guterres calls for $35 bln more for WHO COVID-19 programme
United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for $35 billion more, including $15 billion in the next three months, for the World Health Organization’s ’ACT Accelerator’ programme to back vaccines, treatments and diagnostics against COVID-19
1 min read10 Sep 2020UN chief warns of famine risk in 4 countries
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said food insecurity in conflict-affected countries is now further exacerbated by natural disasters, economic shocks and health crisesWidespread attacks on agriculture and looting of livestock and food, has left more that 1.4 million people in crisis
4 min read5 Sep 2020Cyclone Amphan: UN chief commends India, Bangladesh for life-saving work
Prime Minister Modi announced an advance interim assistance of ₹1,000 crore for cyclone-hit West BengalThe Secretary-General expressed solidarity with the people of India and Bangladesh as they face the impact of a devastating cyclone while also responding to the impacts of the covid-19 pandemic
1 min read24 May 2020UN chief says ’not the time’ to reduce WHO resources after Trump announcement
Guterres said in a statement it was "not the time to reduce the resources for the operations of the World Health Organization
1 min read15 Apr 2020Millions could die if virus allowed to spread unchecked: UN chief Antonio Guterres
Antonio Guterres stressed the need for a coordinated global response to contain a ’health catastrophe’Antonio Guterres urged governments to give ’the strongest support to the multilateral effort to fight the virus’
1 min read20 Mar 2020UN chief Antonio Guterres’s remarks in Pakistan: India says J&K its integral part
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said there was no role or scope for any third-party mediation on the Kashmir issueAntonio Guterres, who is on a visit to Pakistan, said he was ready to help if both countries agreed for mediation
2 min read18 Feb 2020PM Narendra Modi holds ’fruitful discussions’ with UN chief Antonio Guterres
India has categorically told the international community that the scrapping of the Article 370 was an internal matterThe Prime Minister’s Office said in a tweet the two leaders had ’fruitful discussions’ on a wide range of subjects
2 min read26 Aug 2019India to play responsible role at climate negotiations in Poland: Modi to UN chief
Foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale said the main topic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s discussion with UN chief Antonio Guterres was the forthcoming COP24 climate change meeting in Poland from December 3
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