Antonio Guterres

UN, EU Frown At Attack On Odessa’s Port After Business Deal

July 23, 2022 9:28 pm

António Guterres who is the United Nations Secretary-General, has openly condemned the missile strike which had been used to destroy the Ukrainian port of Odessa by Russian forces, which came one day after Kiev and Moscow had struck a deal to unblock grain exports.

The Ukrainian military had also revealed that two Russian missiles were intercepted by air defences on Saturday and two others hit the commercial port on the Black Sea. The United Nations and Turkey had helped broker the agreement amid worries about growing global food insecurity.

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UN Chief Guterres, UK MPs, Support India Farmers’ Protest

December 6, 2020 4:15 am

The United Nation chief, Antonio Guterres and a group of 36 cross-party UK parliamentarians have come out in support of the agitating Indian farmers, saying people have a right to demonstrate peacefully and authorities should let them do so.

These reactions followed after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated his support for the protesting farmers despite India’s strong reaction to his earlier remarks that Canada will always be there to defend the rights of peaceful protests.

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Guterres Says COVID-19 Unleashes Tsunami Of Hate Speech

May 9, 2020 7:58 am

Antonio Guterres, the Secretary-General of United Nations on Friday called for a global effort to tackle the tsunami of hate and xenophobia, scapegoating and scaremongering” unleashed by the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In a video message, Guterres said; “Anti-foreigner sentiment has surged online and in the streets, anti-Semitic conspiracy theories have spread, and COVID-19 related anti-Muslim attacks have occurred’’.

“With older persons among the most vulnerable, contemptible memes has emerged suggesting they are also the most expendable.’’

He said migrants and refugees have been vilified as a source of the virus and denied access to treatment, while journalists, health workers, and …

UN Chief Urges Govts To Protect Women During Lockdown

April 6, 2020 5:59 pm

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly novel coronavirus pandemic.

Reports of domestic violence have surged globally in the wake of massive lockdowns imposed to contain the spread of the disease.

“Violence is not confined to the battlefield,” said Guterres in a statement and video released in multiple languages, days after his call for a worldwide ceasefire in the wake of the outbreak.

“For many women and girls, the threat looms largest where they should be safest. In their own homes,” he said.

Describing the rise in …

UN: Coronavirus Causing Global Surge In Domestic Violence

April 6, 2020 7:13 am

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has decried a “horrifying global surge in domestic violence” against women and girls amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

In a video message on Sunday evening, Guterres linked the development to economic and social pressures occasioned by stay-at-home orders imposed by governments in response to the pandemic.

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Coronavirus The Worst Global Crisis Since WW2 – UN Chief

March 31, 2020 6:27 pm

The coronavirus pandemic is the worst global crisis since World War II, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday, expressing concern that it could trigger conflicts around the world.

Guterres said that the scale of the crisis was due to “a disease that represents a threat to everybody in the world and… an economic impact that will bring a recession that probably has no parallel in the recent past.”

“The combination of the two facts and the risk that it contributes to enhanced instability, enhanced unrest, and enhanced conflict are things that make us believe that this is the most challenging …