Geopolitics

Private business must be a ‘driving force’ for securing peace, curbing climate change: Guterres

New York, The rate of sustainable development is “too slow” and private business has a major role to play in speeding it up, while also slowing the runaway pace of climate change that threatens the entire world with catastrophe, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Monday. more

Guterres hails late Viet Nam President as ‘Friend of the United Nations’

New York, On behalf of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, his spokesperson, Stéphane Dujarric, issued a statement on Friday, expressing the UN chief’s sadness ...

Ferry tragedy takes lives in Tanzania, Guterres offers condolences, support

New York, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres issued a statement of condolence and solidarity after a passenger ferry capsized on Lake Victoria, in Ukurewe district o ...

‘Faith and inspiration’ of late Kofi Annan needed now more than ever – UN chief Guterres

New York, At the United Nations General Assembly in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres on Friday led tributes to former UN chief Kofi Annan, who died on 18 August a ...

UN chief seeking ‘renewed commitment’ to global rules and values, as world leaders head to New York

New York, UN chief António Guterres on Thursday called for a “renewed commitment to a rules-based global order” and to the organization he leads, highlighting his ...

Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan laid to rest in Ghana; Guterres hails ‘exceptional global leader’

New York, Like few today, former United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, could “bring people together, put them at ease, and unite them towards a common goal”, sai ...

Pervasive corruption costs $2.6 trillion; disproportionately affects ‘poor and vulnerable’ says UN chief

New York, Corruption is present in all countries, “rich and poor, North and South, developed and developing,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres to ...

Madagascar: UN Secretary-General reaffirms support for electoral process

New York, The Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, has welcomed the appointment on 7 September of Rivo Rakotovao, President of the Madagascar Senate, as actin ...

Nuclear non-proliferation treaty an ‘essential pillar’ of international peace, says UN chief

New York: On the 50th anniversary of the opening for signature of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres ur ...

‘Much work to do and no time to waste’ in cybercrime fight, says UN chief

New York, May 15: The UN body focussing on crime prevention and criminal justice, opened its annual session in Vienna on Monday, calling for a more integrated global response to continuin ...