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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday (October 5, 2026) called for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza ahead of the third anniversary of the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel. “It is time for the ceasefire to become permanent. It is time to…
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United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres during an interview with The Hindu in New Delhi on September 12, 2026. | Photo Credit: Tayyab Hussain The Security Council is paralysed, and global superpowers haven’t recognized there are limits to their power says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his most scathing comments about the culture of “impunity” and…
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The Security Council is paralysed, and global superpowers haven’t recognized there are limits to their power says UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, in his most scathing comments about the culture of “impunity” and divisiveness that besets global leadership. In an exclusive interview to The Hindu on the sidelines of the 18th BRICS summit, the UNSG, who…
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UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is expected to underscore that multipolarity can help bring balance to global systems and institutions. File | Photo Credit: AP United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will underscore the importance of multipolarity and the need to reform multilateral institutions, including the Security Council, to reflect contemporary realities when he addresses the…
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FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. File | Photo Credit: Reuters UN chief Antonio Guterres has welcomed the announcement of a peace deal between the U.S. and Iran that provides for an immediate and permanent ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. Secretary General Guterres on Sunday (June 14, 2026) described it…
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UN chief Antonio Guterres has condemned the attack on a Palau-flagged tanker off the coast of Oman in which three Indian seafarers have been killed, his spokesperson said. On Wednesday (June 10, 2026), the U.S. struck another Palau-flagged tanker, MT Settebello, killing three out of the 24 Indian sailors on board. “…Notably, the Settebello tanker…
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U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres. | Photo Credit: AP UN chief Antonio Guterres is “alarmed” by the social media post from U.S. President Donald Trump that threatened American attacks on power plants, bridges and other infrastructure should Iran not agree to open the Strait of Hormuz, his spokesperson has said. “Yes. We were alarmed by…
The United Nations leader warned Monday (February 23, 2026) that “the rule of force” was spreading, as the powerful trample on international law and wield artificial intelligence and other technologies to attack human rights. “Human rights are under a full-scale attack around the world,” Antonio Guterres told the opening of the U.N. Human Rights Council’s…
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India’s permanent contribution to the agenda of the international community and that of the United Nations (U.N.) is of “enormous importance for us”, the U.N. chief Antonio Guterres has said, as he pointed to a “positive mega trend” of the increasingly enhanced roles of developing economies such as India in the world. These remarks were…
A file image of United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. | Photo Credit: Reuters UN chief Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (February 4, 2026) urged the United States and Russia to quickly sign a new nuclear deal, as the existing treaty was set to expire in a “grave moment for international peace and security.” The New START…
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