Posts Tagged: UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres
Israel Blasts UN Chief for Demanding Stop to West Bank Operation Amid Threat of Return to Suicide Bombings
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon took a swipe at UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for demanding an end to the Jewish state's counterterrorism...
US Stops UN From Recognizing a Palestinian State Through Membership
The United States on Thursday effectively stopped the United Nations from recognizing a Palestinian state by casting a veto in the Security Council to deny...
US to Oppose Palestinian Bid for Full UN Membership
The United States on Thursday will vote against a Palestinian request for full United Nations membership, a US official told Reuters, blocking the world body...
UN Security Council to Vote Thursday on Palestinian UN Membership
The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Thursday on a Palestinian bid for full UN membership, said diplomats, a move that Israel's...
UN Head Urges Biden to Lift Iran Sanctions
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to lift sanctions on Iran as stipulated by the 2015 nuclear...
UN Chief to Foreign Forces: ‘Leave the Libyans Alone’
The UN Security Council and Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Thursday called for thousands of foreign fighters and mercenaries to immediately leave Libya, with Guterres demanding...
UN Secretary-General: World Alliance Needed to Combat Antisemitism
JNS.org - On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said “coordinated global action” was needed to combat the increase of...
UN Chief Guterres Tries Again to Appoint a Libya Mediator
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres plans to appoint veteran diplomat Jan Kubis as his envoy in Libya nearly a year after the last mediator stepped down,...
UN Secretary General to Security Council: Israeli Sovereignty ‘Calamitous’ for the Region
JNS.org - In a report to the United Nations Security Council, UN Secretary-General António Guterres urged Israel to drop plans to extend sovereignty to parts...
Arms Seized by US, Missiles Used to Attack Saudi Arabia ‘of Iranian Origin’: UN
Cruise missiles used in several attacks on oil facilities and an international airport in Saudi Arabia last year were of "Iranian origin," UN Secretary-General Antonio...
UN Unable to Confirm That Iranian Weapons Were Used in Saudi Oil Attack
JNS.org - The United Nations has been “unable to independently corroborate” that drones and missiles used in the attack of Saudi Aramco facilities in September...
Members of Congress Send Bipartisan Letter to UN, Urging It to Confront Hezbollah
JNS.org - A bipartisan group of 240 members of Congress have sent a letter to UN Secretary General António Guterres, calling on the international community...
Amid Cash Crisis, United Nations Likely to Be Able to Pay Staff in November
The United Nations has received enough partial payments from some countries to be able to pay its staff next month, a UN spokesman said on...
Syria Cautions Against ‘Foreign Intervention’ in Constitution Body
Syria said on Monday the work of any new constitutional committee should be free of foreign intervention, suggesting Damascus remains insistent that a long-awaited step...
