Antonio Guterres

Antonio Guterres

Women mourn holding the body of a Palestinian child killed in Israeli strikes on residential houses, at Abu Yousef al-Najjar hospital in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, 7 December. Photo: REUTERS

UN flexes its muscles for Gaza peace. Can it succeed?

Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has finally had enough of shouting from the sidelines about the humanitarian disaster unfolding in Gaza. He unleashed a diplomatic tool last used in 1971 during a...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres poses for a photograph during an interview with Reuters at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, US on 14 September 2020. File Photo REUTERS/Mike Segar

Antonio Guterres . . . voice of conscience in our times

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Israel calls on UN chief to quit as tempers flare in Security Council

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UN chief urges ceasefire to end Gaza's 'godawful nightmare'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: Reuters

UN chief calls for rules of war to be respected

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres. Photo: Collected

UN chief says people are looking to leaders for action and a way out of the current global 'mess'

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres delivers a statement during the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Summit 2023, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, New York, U.S., September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Segar

World leaders warn goals to fight hunger, poverty, climate change in peril

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UN secretary-general calls for equality for Global South at Cuba G77 summit

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference on the eve of the U.N. climate summit (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

The world needs compromise, says UN chief

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a news conference on the eve of the U.N. climate summit (COP25) in Madrid, Spain, December 1, 2019. REUTERS/Sergio Perez

UN chief is globetrotting to four major meetings before the upcoming UN General Assembly

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Photo: Reuters

World 'failing' to protect civilians in combat zones, UN chief says

A firefighter hoses down flames from the Mosquito Fire as it burns in Foresthill in Placer County, California, US, September 7, 2022. Photo: Reuters/Fred Greaves

'Climate time bomb ticking', emissions must urgently be cut -UN chief

UN chief urges member states to uphold UN values, rule of law

UN chief urges member states to uphold UN values, rule of law