anti-Semitism

UN Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) meets with Malcolm Hoenlein (left), Executive Vice Chairman and CEO of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, who presents him with a book on the Kristallnacht Nazi pogrom.
UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

On Kristallnacht anniversary, UN chief urges renewed fight against 'crime' of anti-Semitism

9 November 2018
Human Rights

Political leaders have not yet taken up their responsibility to speak out loudly against neo-Nazism, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Friday, warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise.

Children wearing “United Against Hate” t-shirts appear at an interfaith gathering at the Park East Synagogue in New York City in memory of Jewish worshipers who were killed in Pittsburgh in the United States. (31 October 2018)
UN Photo/Rick Bajornas

‘United against hate’: UN chief and religious leaders honour victims of Pittsburgh synagogue shooting

31 October 2018
Peace and Security

Calling for solidarity against anti-Semitism, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, addressed an inter-faith tribute held on Wednesday in New York’s historic Park East Synagogue, to honour victims of Saturday’s mass-shooting in Pittsburgh.

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to journalists at a press encounter.
UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief calls for ‘united front’ against anti-Semitism after US synagogue mass-shooting

27 October 2018
Peace and Security

The UN Secretary-General said on Saturday he was “deeply shocked” by a deadly mass-shooting inside a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh, which reportedly left 11 people dead and several others wounded, some critically.