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Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi of Egypt in Cairo.
Office of the Presidency of Egypt

In Cairo, UN chief Guterres underscores political solutions to ease tensions in regional hotspots

15 February 2017
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today reiterated his commitment to fighting terrorism but underlined also the importance of political solutions to the crises in Syria and the wider region, and put his weight behind the intra-Syrian negotiations expected to begin later this month in Geneva.
High voltage transmission lines, like these in Lesotho, are a key component in national electrical grids. They also play an important role in energy security by reducing electrical loss in the form of heat.
World Bank/John Hogg

UN Security Council urges joint measures to protect ‘critical infrastructure’ from terrorist attacks

13 February 2017
Given the importance of critical infrastructure for a country’s prosperity and security and against the backdrop of increasingly diverse physical and cyber threats from terrorist groups, the United Nations Security Council today underlined the need for international collaboration – both domestically and across borders – to ensure their protection.