Antonio Guterres

Lebanon Requests One-Year Renewal for UNIFIL

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has formally requested a one-year extension of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)’s mandate, set to begin on August 31, 2025. In a statement issued Friday, the ministry said the request follows a decision approved by the Cabinet during its May 14 session. The ministry confirmed that a letter was ...

Global Leaders React to U.S. Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Facilities

The recent U.S. strikes targeting three major Iranian nuclear facilities on Sunday morning have sparked a wave of varied and intense reactions across the globe, with governments, international organizations, and analysts expressing concern over the potential for further regional instability and the broader implications for global ...

A Rescue Plan for Sustainable Development

The stakes could not be higher. A decade after the adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals and many global commitments to finance them, two-thirds of the targets are lagging. The world is also falling short by over $4 trillion annually in the resources that developing countries need to deliver on these promises by 2030. Meanwhile, the ...

UN Urges Israel to Restore Gaza Aid as Hamas Sees 'Coup' Against Truce

The United Nations on Sunday called on Israel to immediately allow aid into Gaza, hours after it suspended humanitarian deliveries into the war-battered territory as talks on a truce extension appeared to hit an impasse. With uncertainty looming over the truce, both Israeli and Palestinian sources reported Israeli military strikes in the Gaza ...

UN Chief Warns Against Regional War Over DR Congo at Africa Summit

UN chief Antonio Guterres on Saturday demanded that the Democratic Republic of Congo's "territorial integrity" be respected and a regional war avoided at an African summit the day after Rwandan-backed fighters seized a second DRC provincial capital. With international pressure mounting on Rwanda to curb the fighting in eastern DR Congo (DRC), the ...

Guterres Urges Reforms, Reaffirms International Support for Lebanon

During his visit to Baabda Palace on Saturday morning, UN Secretary-General António Guterres stated, "We can establish a general framework to guarantee the protection of Lebanese territory and the peace process," emphasizing the importance of "the withdrawal of Israeli forces and the full deployment of the Lebanese ...

UN Chief Antonio Guterres in Lebanon on 'Solidarity Visit'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres arrived in Lebanon Thursday on a "solidarity visit". He was greeted at the airport by caretaker Foreign Minister Abdallah Bou Habib. "The Secretary-General has just arrived in Beirut for a solidarity visit to Lebanon," after a long-stalled presidential election and a devastating war between Hezbollah and ...

Guterres to Visit Lebanon Next Saturday

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres will visit Lebanon on Saturday to congratulate the new President of the Republic, General Joseph Aoun, and discuss the programs of UN agencies in the country. In a telephone call, Guterres welcomed the election of President Aoun and wished him success in his new functions. He also reaffirmed the ...

Syria: UN Chief Decries 'Collective Failure' as Turkey Urges Political Solution to Conflict

UN chief Antonio Guterres said Thursday that the escalating conflict in Syria is the result of a "chronic collective failure" of diplomacy, as he called for an end to fighting. After being dormant for years, the Syrian civil war exploded back into life last week as Islamist-led rebels launched an offensive against the forces of ...

UN Chief Slams US Decision to Supply Ukraine with Landmine

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres slammed on Monday the "renewed threat" of anti-personnel landmines, days after the United States said it would supply the weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia's invasion. In remarks sent to a conference in Cambodia to review progress on the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Treaty, Guterres hailed the work of ...