[ad_1] The line of blocked aid trucks stuck on Egypt’s side of the border with the Gaza Strip while Palestinians face starvation on the other side is a “moral outrage”, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on a visit to the Rafah crossing. “I have come to Rafah to shine a spotlight on the pain…
[ad_1] United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday said the killing of over 100 people seeking humanitarian aid in Gaza was a situation that would require an effective independent investigation. Speaking in St Vincent and the Grenadines ahead of a regional summit, Guterres said he was “shocked” by the latest episode in the war with…
[ad_1] Amid growing calls for investigation into poll-related irregularities, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Monday called on Pakistani authorities and political leaders to resolve the issues related to last week’s election through established legal procedures and to avoid any action that raised tensions. The February 8 elections were marred by allegations of rigging and irregularities after…
[ad_1] Heavy fighting raged in Gaza on Sunday amid a fierce row over the United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees that has called its future into question. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called on donor states to guarantee the flow of vital aid to Gaza after several halted funding to the agency, UNRWA, over Israeli…
[ad_1] The Gazan Health Ministry reported a grim statistic on Sunday, revealing that the Palestinian death toll from Israel’s war on Gaza has surpassed 25,000, with an estimated 70 percent of casualties being women and children. As the heartbreaking narrative of Gaza continues to unfold, the increasing number of casualties casts a dark cloud over…
[ad_1] United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told world leaders on Friday that the burning of fossil fuels must be stopped outright and a reduction or abatement in their use would not be enough to stop global warming. “We cannot save a burning planet with a fire hose of fossil fuels,” Guterres said. The 28th…
[ad_1] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that the bombarded Gaza Strip was becoming a “graveyard for children,” as he urged an immediate ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas conflict. “The unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour,” he told reporters at the UN headquarters in New York….
[ad_1] “A humanitarian catastrophe is unfolding in front of our eyes,” UN Secretary General António Guterres warned on Saturday as another night of heavy bombing flattened Gaza and virtually cut it off from the outside world. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution by 120 to 14 votes calling for an “immediate, durable and sustained…
[ad_1] United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for allowing humanitarian aid into war-torn Gaza as the war enters its sixth day amid Israel’s imposition of a total blockade of the besieged territory including a ban on food and fuel. The UN head took to X, formerly known as Twitter, stressing that the flow…
[ad_1] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set on Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at its outset by the absence of speakers from the world’s top two emitters, China and the United States. Despite increasing extreme weather events and record-shattering global temperatures, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and fossil fuel companies reap handsome…
