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News in Brief 21 August 2018

21 August 2018
General News
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UN Photo/Mark Garten

UN chief welcomes event reuniting families on the Korean Peninsula

21 August 2018
Peace and Security

The decision to allow scores of people from South Korea to reunite with their relatives north of the border has been welcomed by the UN Secretary-General.

UN Photo/Manuel Elias

US-North Korea summit in Singapore ‘a promising development’ says Guterres

11 June 2018
Peace and Security

The summit between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is “a promising development for global peace and security,” United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Monday.

UNICEF/Proscovia Nakibuuka

News in Brief 04 June 2018

4 June 2018
News in Brief
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3'51"
UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file)

UN chief ‘deeply concerned’ over cancellation of US-North Korea summit

24 May 2018
Peace and Security

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday that he was “deeply concerned” by the cancellation of the planned meeting between the leaders of the United States and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly-known as North Korea.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

News in Brief 14 May 2018

14 May 2018
News in Brief
  • UN Secretary-General ‘profoundly alarmed’ over Gaza developments
  • Closure of North Korea nuclear test site will contribute to peace: UN chief
  • Remove activists, indigenous people from Philippines ‘terrorist’ list: UN experts
  • Sudan urged to halt execution of teen accused of murdering her husband
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UN Photo/Violaine Martin (file)

‘Problems can be solved’ by cooperation says UN chief, welcoming North Korean pledge to close nuclear test site

14 May 2018
Peace and Security

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has welcomed the commitment by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to dismantle its nuclear test site at Punggye-ri as an important “confidence-building measure” that that will support efforts towards sustainable peace and verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

UN chief hails Japan-China-South Korea cooperation to ‘denuclearize’ Peninsula

10 May 2018
Peace and Security

United Nations chief António Guterres has welcomed the Japan-China-South Korea summit held on Wednesday and their effort to cooperate in ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.

Secretary-General António Guterres speaks to reporters at the Security Council stakeout.
UN Photo/Mark Garten (file)

News in Brief 03 May 2018

3 May 2018
News in Brief
  • On international day, UN chief upholds ‘invaluable’ role of a free press
  • UN chief ‘optimistic’ over peace efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula
  • CAR authorities urged to investigate recent deadly violence
  • UN agencies appeal for global support to save lives in the Sahel
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Inter-Korean Summit Press Corps

UN encourages Korean leaders to act swiftly on agreements at ‘historic’ summit

27 April 2018
Peace and Security

Following Friday’s summit between the leaders of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea, Secretary-General António Guterres and other top officials expressed hope that the two countries would swiftly implement all agreed actions, including ridding the Peninsula of nuclear weapons.