U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called on Monday for a new global effort to get rid of nuclear weapons, drawing a cautious response from envoys of atomic-armed powers at odds for decades over nuclear disarmament. Speaking to the Conference on Disarmament at the U.N. complex in Geneva, Guterres said many states still wrongly thought that […]
Read More UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Friday congratulated George Weah on his victory in Liberia’s presidential election and praised the peaceful conduct of the vote. Guterres “applauds all Liberians for the successful completion of the elections process, which was conducted in a peaceful environment,” a statement from the UN chief’s spokesman said. Liberia’s election board certified […]
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Ban Ki-moon joked to hundreds of diplomats and U.N. staff as he left United Nations headquarters Friday for the last time as secretary-general that he feels “like Cinderella — tomorrow at midnight, everything changes.” Flanked by the presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council, the native South Korean thanked U.N. workers for their […]
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Antonio Guterres, Portugal’s former prime minister, has emerged the unanimous favourite of UN Security Council members to succeed Ban Ki-Moon as the new secretary-general. He became the clear favourite on the sixth secret ballot held today by the UN Security Council. The council is expected to take a formal decision tomorrow and forward Mr. Guterres’ […]
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