Most ‘precious’ and ‘scarce’ resource of our time is dialogue, UN chief tells Doha policy forum

16 December 2018
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Following a productive two weeks of global dialogue for the United Nations and its Member States, alongside governments and advocates, Secretary-General António  Guterres, speaking in the Qatar capital, Doha, underscored the importance of international cooperation in the “enormous challenges” of our time, drawing the curtain on a job finished at Sunday’s Doha Forum.

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