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United Nations hopes to take first step to elect next chief by Jan 31

The General Assembly elects the secretary-general on the recommendation of the 15-member Security Council where the five permanent members have veto power

UN chief Guterres lauds 2020 Nobel Peace Prize winner World Food Programme

Guterres said there was also hunger in the world for international cooperation and the World Food Programme feeds that need as well

UN chief, envoys highlight relevance of Gandhi's non-violence, equality

UN Secretary-General Guterres, in his video message, said: "In marking the birthday of Mahatma Gandhi, this International Day highlights the remarkable power of non-violence and peaceful protests

If world handles climate like Covid-19, I fear the worst, says UN chief

Guterres said the coronavirus was out of control as the global death toll approaches 1 million, while more than 30 million have been infected

Don't throw away funds supporting fossil fuel industries: UN chief to govts

The U.N. chief noted that large investors are already pulling their money out of heavily polluting industries, especially coal

UN chief asks to pitch in $35 bn for WHO's initiatives to fight Covid-19

He called for a "quantum leap" in funding to increase the chances of a global solution that could restore normality to the world

UN chief terms Covid-19 a game-changer for international peace and security

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told world leaders that the COVID-19 pandemic has become a game-changer for international peace and security.

Covid-19 exposing inequalities; world at 'breaking point': UN chief

Antonio Guterres calls out 'lies that free markets can deliver health care for all, fiction that unpaid care work is not work'

Covid-19 lockdown affecting rights of women, girls more, says UN chief

The pandemic is deepening existing inequalities and vulnerabilities, particularly for women and girls, said UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

No reason for a country to include coal in Covid-19 recovery plan: UN Chief

A week after India launched the auction process for coal blocks for commercial mining, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said investments should instead be made in non-polluting energy sources

Global food emergency imminent; 49 mn may fall into extreme poverty: UN

'Hundreds of millions of children and adults' face long-term impact of food emergency, says Secretary General Guterres.

UN chief urges govts to address mental health needs arising from Covid-19

The UN said a long-term upsurge in the number and severity of mental health problems is likely and warned that if action isn't taken Covid-19 has the seeds of a major mental health crisis

Covid-19 worst crisis since WWII, no parallels in recent past, says UN head

Guterres called for a much stronger and more effective global response to the coronavirus pandemic and to the social and economic devastation that COVID-19 is causing

UN chief Antonio Guterres condemns gurudwara suicide attack in Afghanistan

The Islamic State (IS) terror group, which has targeted Sikhs before in Afghanistan, claimed responsibility for the attack

UN chief says global recession due to coronavirus 'a near certainty'

The world's wealthiest nations poured unprecedented aid into the traumatized global economy on Thursday as coronavirus cases ballooned in Europe, the current epicenter

UN chief voices concern over police action against Citizenship Act protests

pokesperson for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights had said in Geneva that it is "concerned" that the CAA is "fundamentally discriminatory in nature".

UN chief saddened by displacement of 1 mn, 41 deaths due to rains in India

National disaster response teams are carrying out search-and-rescue operations and some 20,000 people are sheltered in dozens of relief camps.

Time to curb global warming, no room for climate delay: UN chief Guterres

We're still pouring 110 million tonnes of global warming pollution into the atmosphere around our planet like it's an open sewer, says Antonio Guterres

UN chief condemns deadly terrorist attacks in Pak

Yesterday, at least 13 people were killed and 54 others injured when a Taliban bomber blew himself at Pakistan