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Antonio Guterres

Antonio Manuel de Oliveira Guterres is the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. The former Portuguese prime minister also served as the UN's High Commissioner for Refugees.

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China's President Xi Jinping directs leaders from African countries to the opening ceremony of the China Africa Forum

China's Xi pledges to deepen Africa investment, trade ties

China's president has kicked off a major summit in Beijing by pledging billions in financing for African countries.
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A fisherman in the waters of Kiribati island.

UN chief Guterres warns of fast-rising Pacific ocean

UN chief Guterres issued a global SOS regarding the rising Pacific ocean temperatures.
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UN Secretary-General issues wakeup call on climate change

Antonio Guterres accused fossil fuel companies of being "the godfathers of climate chaos."
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres with Egyptian officals

Guterres says 'it is time to silence the guns'

On Egypt's side of the Rafah crossing into Gaza, UN Secretary-General Guterres issued a renewed plea for a ceasefire.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks into a UN microphone in front of flags

Israel and the UN: A difficult relationship

Tensions in the relationship between the UN and Israel predate the current conflict in Gaza.
ConflictsMarch 22, 2024
A burned car is seen outside the National Penitentiary in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti

US urges citizens to leave Haiti as violence escalates

The White House said it was "monitoring Haiti's rapidly deteriorating security situation with great concern."
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International representatives attend a December 2023 UN Afghanistan conference in New York

UN Afghanistan conference gets underway in Qatar

The prospects of progress remain uncertain as the ruling Taliban have boycotted over fear of criticism of its rule.
PoliticsFebruary 19, 2024
A woman walks past the UNRWA headquarters

After US, Germany freeze aid to UNRWA, could EU follow?

The EU will review its future aid to the Palestinian refugee aid agency amid terror allegations against staff members.
ConflictsJanuary 29, 2024
Aid workers sit in the back of a UNRWA truck

Guterres urges continued support for UNRWA

Several nations have paused funding after allegations tying some of the agency's staff to Hamas attacks on Israel.
ConflictsJanuary 28, 2024
At COP28, participating heads of state and government pose for a photo

Germany launches climate club on industrial policy

Some high-profile initiatives have already been announced at the UN COP28 Climate Conference in Dubai.
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Britain's King Charles talks with Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani

COP28: What leaders say about the future of the planet

World leaders have been addressing delegates at the UN Climate Change conference in Dubai. Here's what they said.
Nature and EnvironmentDecember 1, 2023
A rocket carrying a spy satellite Malligyong-1

South Korea suspends military agreement with North

North Korea's use of ballistic missile technology for a recent launch was condemned by the UN and the US.
ConflictsNovember 22, 2023
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting at United Nations headquarters

Israel calls for UN chief to resign over Gaza comments

UN head Antonio Guterres said the Hamas terror attacks on Isreal "did not happen in a vacuum."
PoliticsOctober 25, 2023
A view of destroyed buildings in Gaza

Israel to let aid into Gaza, but bombing continues

DW met with a family that sustained heavy injuries in an Israeli airstrike.
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UN: Global development goals stalled

The United Nations says world leaders must adopt a rescue plan to save the Sustainable Development Goals.
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United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the era of 'global boiling' has begun.

UN: July on course to be hottest month in human history

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the era of 'global boiling' has begun.
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

UN chief urges reshaping of peacekeeping operations

The UN chief Antonio Guterres is keen on reforming the way the global body operates in conflict-ridden zones.
PoliticsJuly 21, 2023
The shell of a charred police car, set on fire by gang members, sits in the Drouillard slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Thursday, April 20, 2023.

UN chief Guterres: 'This is not the time to forget Haiti'

Antonio Guterres is in Port-au-Prince seeking to drum up support for an international mission in the lawless capital.
ConflictsJuly 1, 2023
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Ghana debates Artificial Intelligence+++ UN Chief warns of artificial misinformation
PoliticsJune 22, 202330:00 min
Exxon Mobil Corporation building in Georgetown, Guyana

Climate change: UN's Guterres lambasts fossil fuel firms

The UN chief urged fossil fuel companies to stop measures which seek to "knee-cap" climate progress.
ClimateJune 15, 2023
Volker Perthes, the UN secretary-general s special representative and head of the UN Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan, speaks at a Security Council meeting on Sudan

Sudan declares UN envoy 'persona non grata'

Army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan accused Volker Perthes of inflaming the fighting between the warring factions.
ConflictsJune 9, 2023
A Taliban fighter stands guard as Afghan people attend Eid prayers in Kabul

Why the UN can't afford to disengage with the Taliban

Working with the Taliban in Afghanistan is becoming increasingly problematic for the international body.
ConflictsMay 2, 2023
Onlookers react to the bodies of suspected gang members in the Canape Vert area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Haiti: Suspected gang members lynched in capital

The UN said that the level of insecurity is comparable to countries at war.
CrimeApril 25, 2023
UN Secretary-General speaking at World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland

World in 'sorry state' — UN chief Guterres

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that countries are not reaching the commitment to limit warming to 1.5 degrees.
PoliticsJanuary 18, 2023
a graphic of planet Earth surrounded by ozone

Ozone layer recovers, limiting global warming by 0.5 Celsius

The ozone layer is on track for a full recovery and the climate is also benefiting, says a new UN report.
Nature and EnvironmentJanuary 9, 2023
Afghan students stand in front of Kabul University

UN urges Taliban to reverse restrictions against women

The Taliban has barred women from working in NGOs and attending universities.
Human RightsDecember 28, 2022
Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Bakhmut

Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy visits front-line city of Bakhmut

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the front-line city of Bakhmut. DW has the latest.
ConflictsDecember 20, 2022
Kim Jong Un smiles

North Korea slams UN response to suspected ICBM launch

North Korea has called Antonio Guterres a "US puppet" after the UN chief condemned a recent ICBM test by Pyongyang.
PoliticsNovember 21, 2022
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres speaks in front of Egyptian and UN flags

COP27: UN chief calls for end to 'blame game' amid deadlock

Negotiators are deadlocked in talks on establishing a fund to help poorer countries deal with climate disasters.
ClimateNovember 17, 2022
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses the COP27 summit

COP27: UN chief warns world is on path to 'climate hell'

"Humanity has a choice: cooperate or perish," UN chief Antonio Guterres said at the start of the COP27 summit in Egypt.
PoliticsNovember 7, 2022
Theophilus Charles, 70, sits inside his house which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ida in Houma, Louisiana

German president says COP27 conditions 'not encouraging'

UN chief Antonio Guterres warned that "we will be doomed" if a deal between rich and poor countries isn't reached.
PoliticsNovember 5, 2022
Soldiers with rifles

Federal forces capture key Tigrayan towns in Ethiopia

The UN and Western nations, including Germany, are calling for peace talks and the resumption of humanitarian services.
ConflictsOctober 18, 2022
Congolese officials pose with other international delegates at COP27 pre-talks, DR Congo

Congo urges climate funding at pre-COP27 talks

UN chief Antonio Guterres called on nations to reach a "quantum level compromise" on dealing with climate change.
PoliticsOctober 4, 2022
Malian interim Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga speaking at UN General Assembly

Mali's military PM lashes out at France, UN

Prime Minister Abdoulaye Maiga said Mali had been "stabbed in the back" by the withdrawal of French troops.
ConflictsSeptember 24, 2022
Militias in a village in Ituri province, DRC

Congo crisis in focus at UN General Assembly

The UN admits that it can't defeat the M23 in eastern Congo.
ConflictsSeptember 22, 2022
The 77th session of the General Assembly at UN headquarters in New york

UN General Assembly takes on world in 'great peril'

The largest annual gathering will address a world divided by multiple crises, including the war in Ukraine.
PoliticsSeptember 20, 2022
Antonio Guterres and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif arrive in Sindh province Saturday

Pakistan floods: UN chief denounces 'climate carnage'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres blamed climate change for devastating flooding in Pakistan.
CatastropheSeptember 10, 2022
Antonio Guterres walks with Pakistan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hina Rabbani Khar, upon his arrival at the Islamabad International Airport

UN chief seeks support for flood-hit Pakistan

Antonio Guterres is seeking to draw global attention to the floods that have inundated nearly one-third of the country.
CatastropheSeptember 9, 2022
A man sits on a rope bed with the clothings left to dry under the sunlight, following rains and floods during the monsoon season in Nowshera, Pakistan

Is global aid reaching Pakistan's flood victims?

The UN chief is likely to appeal for more international aid for flood victims when he travels to the crisis zone.
SocietySeptember 8, 2022
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) expert mission arrives at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

Zaporizhzhia: UN urges safety zone around nuclear plant

The IAEA and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres have called for a demilitarized zone around the Russian-held plant.
PoliticsSeptember 7, 2022
Grain being loaded into the Brave Commander, an UN-chartered vessel, that carried grain to Ethiopia

UN's Guterres warns that food crisis not over

United Nations chief Antonio Guterres visited Ukraine's port of Odesa, where blockaded grain exports are now moving.
BusinessAugust 19, 2022
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres shake hands after their meeting in Lviv,

UN head meets Zelenskyy over grain exports, nuclear safety

The meeting comes a day after NATO said it was "urgent" that the UN inspect the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
Food SecurityAugust 18, 2022
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres lays a wreath at the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

UN head Guterres warns of nuclear arms race

Antonio Guterres has implored nuclear powers to stick to their no-first-strike policies during his visit to Japan.
ConflictsAugust 8, 2022
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lays a wreath at the cenotaph for the atomic bombing victims at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Hiroshima marks 77 years since atomic attack

Japanese PM Fumio Kishida, a Hiroshima native, attended the commemoration dedicated to the victims of the 1945 bombing.
ConflictsAugust 6, 2022
Antonio Guterres at the United Nations in New York

Guterres warns of 'nuclear annihilation' at NPT talks

The UN secretary general has warned that geopolitical tensions are at levels not seen since the Cuban Missile Crisis.
PoliticsAugust 1, 2022
Women waiting for food in South Sudan

UN chief warns of risk of 'multiple famines' in 2022

The Russian attack on Ukraine has exacerbated pre-existing problems with food security, says UN chief Antonio Guterres.
Food SecurityJune 24, 2022
Wheat spikes

Russia 'weaponizes' food security, US tells UN meeting

The US said Russia was "jeopardizing" global food supplies as the UN Security Council addressed food insecurity.
Food SecurityMay 19, 2022
Rope access technicians carry out maintenance service on wind turbines including repairs, blade inspections and cleaning in Izmir, Turkey

UN calls for renewable energy push

The UN chief has called for more investment in renewable energy, as a new report shows climate indicators are worsening.
Nature and EnvironmentMay 18, 2022
An apartment building damaged after Russian shelling in Odesa

Ukraine says missile strikes kill 8 in Odesa

Meanwhile, Russian forces are reportedly trying to storm the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. Follow DW for the latest.
ConflictsApril 23, 2022