Tag: U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

The AP Interview: UN chief warns China, US to avoid Cold War

UNITED NATIONS — Warning of a potential new Cold War, the head of the United Nations implored China and the United States to repair their “completely dysfunctional” relationship before problems between the two large and deeply influential countries spill over even further into the rest of the planet. […]

UN chief says COVID-19 is worst crisis since World War II

UNITED NATIONS — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Tuesday that the world faces the most challenging crisis since World War II, confronting a pandemic threatening people in every country, one that will bring a recession “that probably has no parallel in the recent past.” There is also a […]

UN chief: Climate change is “most important issue we face”

KATOWICE, Poland  — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the climate summit in Poland by issuing a dramatic appeal to world leaders Monday to take the threat of global warming seriously and to act boldly to avert a catastrophic rise in temperatures before the end of the century. Guterres […]

Exclusive: U.N. chief plans major disarmament push but U.S. sceptical

open view web desk GENEVA – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is to launch a major push for disarmament talks covering everything from nuclear and cyber war to small arms, braving certain U.S. resistance to such bold initiatives, officials and experts told Reuters. Guterres aims to forestall a new […]

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