UN Affairs

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Parliamentarians directly called to take action on global issues by UN chief

21 February 2019
Global

Addressing parliament elected officials from around the world gathered at United Nations Headquarters in New York on Thursday for an annual hearing, UN chief António Guterres called for their support on legislation and financing of global solutions to global problems, such as climate change, uncoordinated migration and the dangers of some new technologies.

UN Photo/John Isaac

UN decolonization successes can ‘inspire us today,’ UN chief tells Special Committee

21 February 2019
Global

Since the early 1960s, the United Nations decolonization committee has “accompanied many territories in their journey”, Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, opening the body’s 2019 session.

UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief hails victory of ‘political will’ in historic Republic of North Macedonia accord

14 February 2019
Europe

The UN-brokered agreement between Athens and Skopje to formally recognize the “Republic of North Macedonia”, is a welcome, “historical” step that should be supported by regional and international Member States, António Guterres has announced.

UNESCO

Radio still a powerful worldwide tool for ‘dialogue, tolerance and peace’: Guterres

13 February 2019
Global

Radio is a powerful tool that continues to promote “dialogue, tolerance and peace,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said in message on Thursday, marking World Radio Day.

UN Photo/Omar Abdisalan

‘Open, cordial, and frank discussions’ held over future Somalia-UN relationship

30 January 2019
Africa

Discussions described in a joint statement as “open, cordial and frank”, took place on Wednesday, between Somalia’s top two politicians and the UN political and peacebuilding affairs chief, in the capital Mogadishu.

Graham Crouch/World Bank

UN lauds special chemistry of the periodic table, kicking off 150th anniversary celebrations

29 January 2019
Global

On Tuesday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) launched the International Year of the Periodic Table of Chemical Elements at its headquarters in Paris, kicking off a series of events and activities to be held throughout the year, as the world celebrates the 150th anniversary since its creation by Russian scientist Dmitri Mendeleev.

MINUSMA

UN chief of peace operations honours fallen Chadian ‘blue helmets’ serving in northern Mali

28 January 2019
Africa

After 10 Chadian peacekeepers serving with the United Nations mission in Mali (MINUSMA) were killed in a terrorist attack on 20 January, the UN chief of peace operations, Jean-Pierre Lacroix, went to N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, to pay tribute to them on Monday in a ceremony organised by the Government.

UNICEF/Tomislav Georgiev

UN chief 'commends' leadership of Greece and former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, as name dispute draws to final close

25 January 2019
Europe

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Greek Parliament over its ratification of a name change for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia on Friday, and commended the leaders of both countries for signalling the end to a naming dispute that has roiled the region for some 28 years.

World Economic Forum/Benedikt von Loebell

Guterres in Davos: ‘Dysfunctional’ response to common problems, shows need for effective multilateralism

24 January 2019

The world’s problems are “more and more integrated” but the response to them is increasingly “fragmented” and “dysfunctional”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday, in an appeal for governments and other partners to respond to people’s grievances and recommit to international cooperation.

MINUSMA/Harandane Dicko

Ten UN peacekeepers killed in a terrorist attack in northern Mali

20 January 2019
Africa

Ten ‘blue helmets’ from the United Nations Stabilization Mission In Mali (MINUSMA) were killed on Sunday following a complex terrorist attack against the mission’s camp in Aguelhok, in the Kidal region, northern Mali.