Antonio Guterres

Guterres meets Syria's Sharaa on first visit to Damascus by UN chief in 17 years

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

UN assembly approves mandate extension for rights chief Volker Turk, despite US warning

United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk has been an outspoken critic of Russia’s war in Ukraine and Israel’s conduct in Gaza.

Senegal's Faye backs ex-president Sall's bid for UN top job, ministry says

Former Senegalese President Macky Sall gestures to supporters after returning to Senegal to meet with his successor, President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, as part of Sall's campaign for the post of United Nations secretary-general, in Dakar, Senegal, July 17, 2026. REUTERS/Alioune Seye TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Guterres to travel to Cyprus to advance peace efforts, UN says

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., April 27, 2026. REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz/File Photo

UN chief warns AI is developing faster than rules can keep up

The purpose of the two-day inaugural UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance in Geneva is to set rules to mitigate the potential harms of AI as well as take advantage of its opportunities.

UN chief says UN agency for Palestinian refugees nearing ‘breaking point’

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said UNRWA’s situation was increasingly precarious.

UN chief candidate wants to restore organisation’s ‘credibility’

Guyana UN candidate calls maintaining UN 'collective responsibility'

Guyana's Ambassador to the United Nations Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett speaks during a United Nations Security Council meeting about conflicts in the Middle East at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., June 30, 2025. REUTERS/Kylie Cooper

UN warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children

FILE PHOTO: Children stand near a damaged car, which Palestinians say was burned by Israeli settlers,in Halhul near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank May 20,2026. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma/File Photo

Ecuadorean candidate to head UN calls for body to be shrunk responsibly

FILE PHOTO: United Nations General Assembly President Maria Fernanda Espinosa Garces addresses the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 25, 2018. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/File Photo

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