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Guterres warns of ‘unimaginable’ consequences of Iran-Gulf escalation
UN Chief Antonio Guterres has warned of devastating consequences from any military escalation in the Gulf region.
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How UN chief Antonio Guterres tests the limits of quiet diplomacy
Portugal's ex-PM seeks to resolve crises via patient negotiation, but success relies on leaders' willingness to act.
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From Pedro Sánchez to Macron, Trump or Delcy Rodríguez: 10 phrases that marked the UN Assembly
From Donald Trump's threat of "annihilating" Iran to António Guterres's warnings about artificial intelligence, the speeches of the 81st UN General Assembly were marked by the issue of war, the crisis of multilateralism and the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
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A woman in charge of the UN
The choice to relieve Portuguese António Guterres in the general secretariat comes at a time of existential threats to the organization and the global order
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UN: António Guterres, Ardent Climate Defensor
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres urged states on Wednesday, 23 September, to adopt concrete plans to exit fossil fuels. The UN Secretary-General also welcomed the "unstoppable" rise of renewables at his last climate summit in New York. The explanations of Noémie Roche, journalist in France 24.
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António Guterres, the voice of climate alert: ten years in ten sentences
The Portuguese says goodbye to the UN General Secretariat after a decade in which he has put the fight against global warming at the heart of his speech
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UN: Antonio Guterres pleads for a permanent African seat on the Security Council
Last opening speech of the UN General Assembly for Antonio Guterres. The outgoing Secretary-General calls for reform of the Security Council and permanent consideration of Africa. He also called for global financial reform.
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Trump threatens to 'annihilate' Iran in UN speech as officials from both countries meet on sidelines
In his address, the US president pondered whether a peace deal would be agreed or whether he would have to take extreme action against Iran.
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Guterres pleads for 'world built on interdependence' in final General Assembly address
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for “a world built on interdependence” Tuesday as he made his final address to the annual gathering of world leaders convening to face a formidable menu of challenges, from climate change and war to inequality and the rise of artificial intelligence.
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Guterres, in his last address to the UN General Assembly: "The cracks of the world have become abyss"
The Secretary General defends the right to a war present and alert about the IA: "Killer robots do not take place in our future"
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Guterres says goodbye to the UN and opens the race for the new general secretariat
On 22 September, António Guterres presented his last speech as Secretary-General of the United Nations. Guterres succeeded in the post of South Korean Ban Ki-moon in 2016, following a historic process that, for the first time, included public hearings and discussions among the candidates. Now, the career for the secretariat is disputed between Rebeca Grynspan, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Olara Otunnu, among others.
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UN: Antonio Guterres evokes "the spectre of ethnic cleansing" in the occupied West Bank
In his speech, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke on Tuesday, 22 September of "the spectre of ethnic cleansing" as a result of Israel's action in the occupied West Bank, in front of dozens of heads of state and leaders gathered for the UN General Assembly. The explanations of Gauthier Rybinski, an international columnist in France 24.
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REPLAY: UN chief Guterres makes final address to the General Assembly
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres used his final address to the General Assembly on Tuesday to urge world leaders to regulate artificial intelligence, end wars, focus on climate change and overhaul UN institutions he warned are struggling to confront mounting global challenges. Watch his speech in full above.
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Guterres delivers 'message to superpowers' in last UN General Assembly speech
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded for “a world built on interdependence” as he made his final address Tuesday to the General Assembly, a yearly gathering of world leaders, in a message that was largely intended for the world's superpowers, says France 24's UN correspondent Jessica Le Masurier.
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81st UN General Assembly with Global Conflicts as Key Issues
In the midst of strong security measures, more than in the other editions, the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York begins. On September 22, António Guterres will deliver his last speech as UN Secretary General, in which he is expected to ask to invest in dialogue, diplomacy and prevention, as well as to advocate for peace. The first world leader to intervene will be Brazil's President, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, followed by American President Donald Trump. Speeches are expected to focus on global conflicts, the
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Live: Guterres calls for UN Security Council reform
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres opened the General Assembly in New York on Tuesday for the last time before his term ends on December 31. Guterres will be followed at the podium by Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, US President Donald Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron. Watch their addresses before the assembly live on FRANCE 24.
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UN Chief Guterres calls for ban on ‘killer robots’
In this episode of On the Record, UN Secretary-General António Guterres calls for ban on autonomous ‘killer robots’.
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Antonio Guterres: Can the UN still meet today’s global crises?
Al Jazeera’s James Bays sits down with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
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The farewell of Guterres, Greenland and the absence of Xi and Putin: the keys to the UN General Assembly
The current Secretary-General will lead his last major summit at the head of an agency he has tried to modernize and whose validity he has tried to defend in times of attacks on multilateralism. While the search for his successor is still under way, there will also be interesting points outside the New York meeting, such as the signing of the agreement between the United States, Denmark and Greenland and a first meeting between Donald Trump and the Acting President of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez.