Antonio Guterres
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Important for India and Pakistan to 'de-escalate, both militarily and verbally': UN chief Guterres
World | Feb 16, 2020, 09:52 PM ISTUN chief Antonio Guterres said on Sunday it was important for India and Pakistan to de-escalate "militarily and verbally" and exercise "maximum restraint" as he began his four-day visit to the country, amidst tense relationship between the two nuclear-armed neighbours.
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India voices concerns over USD 1.3 bn of unpaid assessments at UN
World | Oct 08, 2019, 12:09 PM ISTSecretary General Antonio Guterres warned on Monday that the UN may run out of money for operations by the end of October as the world body is struggling with a deficit of USD 230 million.
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UN chief warns of a world divided between US and China
World | Sep 25, 2019, 01:44 PM ISTIn his annual “state of the world address” to the General Assembly’s gathering of heads of state and government, Guterres said the risk “may not yet be large, but it is real.”
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UN chief may raise Kashmir issue during UNGA discussions: Spokesperson
World | Sep 20, 2019, 01:22 PM ISTUN Secretary General Antonio Guterres is likely to raise the Kashmir issue and the human rights situation in the Valley during discussions at the high-level UN General Assembly session that begins here next week, his spokesperson has said.
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Dialogue please: UN Chief wants India-Pakistan to resolve Kashmir issue bilaterally
India | Sep 11, 2019, 06:49 PM ISTIn a statement that will be construed as a huge boost for the Narendra Modi government, United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday appealed both India and Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue via bilateral dialogue.
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PM Modi holds productive discussions with UN chief Antonio Guterres
World | Aug 26, 2019, 12:05 AM ISTModi met Guterres on the sidelines of the G-7 Summit being held in this in this picturesque southwestern seaside French town. The prime minister arrived in Biarritz from Manama, the capital of Bahrain after concluding the first-ever prime ministerial visit to the Gulf nation.
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UN urges for maximum restraint, invokes Simla Agreement as Pakistan seeks help on Kashmir
World | Aug 09, 2019, 09:51 AM ISTPakistan termed the Indian action as "unilateral and illegal", and said it will take the matter to the UN Security Council. "The Secretary-General has been following the situation in Jammu and Kashmir with concern and makes an appeal for maximum restraint," Guterres' spokesman Stephane Dujarric said.
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UN chief Antonio Guterres urges G20 to make equitable financial reforms
Business | Jun 28, 2019, 07:01 AM ISTU.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a letter to leaders gathered in Osaka, Japan, for the two-day summit beginning Friday that while the world has made progress fixing some big problems it's not happening fast enough or shared by all countries.
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UN's financial crisis real, we need a solution that works: India
Business | Jun 07, 2019, 11:28 AM ISTIn a sign of how dire the financial situation of the UN is, Guterres said this week he had contemplated selling his official four-story residence in New York when he took charge as the world organisation's head to help resolve the deteriorating financial crisis facing the United Nations.
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Amid financial crisis at UN, SG Guterres had considered selling posh New York official residence
World | Jun 05, 2019, 11:32 AM ISTThe Secretary General’s official residence is in Sutton Place, an exclusive Manhattan enclave off the East River.
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India, Pakistan should engage in 'meaningful dialogue' to resolve their issues: UN chief Antonio Guterres
World | Jan 19, 2019, 10:44 AM ISTThe UN chief also said he has been offering his "good offices in relation to the dialogue between the two countries that, until now, had no conditions of success."
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'Terror groups continue to twist religion to serve their ends': UN launches new framework to fight terrorism
World | Dec 07, 2018, 10:52 AM ISTThe UN Global Counter-Terrorism Coordination Compact Task Force will replace the Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, which was established in 2005 to strengthen UN system-wide coordination and coherence of counter-terrorism efforts.
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'My strong commitment to climate change rooted in Vedas': Modi tells UN chief
India | Dec 04, 2018, 12:39 PM ISTModi, a strong advocate of climate change had met Guterres last week on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina where both the leaders held discussions about climate change and India’s support for the Paris Climate Agreement.
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India to play responsible role at climate negotiations in Poland: PM Modi to UN chief
World | Nov 30, 2018, 09:04 PM ISTModi tweeted that he had an excellent meeting with the Secretary General and that there were wide-ranging deliberations on various global issues.
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Climate, calamity linked to culture: PM Narendra Modi
India | Oct 03, 2018, 03:01 PM ISTPM Modi and French President Macron were jointly awarded the UN's highest environmental honour for their pioneering work.
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There must be accountability for gross violations, abuses committed in Rakhine State : UN Chief
World | Oct 01, 2018, 12:13 PM ISTAccording to the UN estimates, nearly 700,000 minority Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh to escape violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state since August 25 last year when the army launched a military crackdown.
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I remain concerned by situation in Jammu and Kashmir, says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres
World | Sep 30, 2018, 02:49 PM ISTThe UN chief will be on a visit to India from October 1 to 3 and is scheduled to meet President Kovind, PM Narendra Modi and EAM Sushma Swaraj.
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UN, India to step up cooperation in counter-terrorism, terror financing
World | Sep 30, 2018, 02:26 PM ISTGuterres, who will begin a three-day visit to India on Monday, said the planning and implementation of acts of terrorism transcend borders and it is the responsibility of all the States to take action to address the conditions conducive to the spread of terrorism.
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PM Modi to endrose UN Chief's campaign to combat sexual abuse
India | Sep 28, 2018, 12:14 PM ISTUN peacekeeping missions are facing allegations of sexual abuse in African countries. In 2017, Guterres had launched a campaign to prevent and end sexual exploitation by UN personnel.
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UN Chief Antonio Guterres to visit India next month, likely to hold talks with President Kovind, PM Modi
World | Sep 22, 2018, 09:34 AM ISTThe Secretary-General will arrive in New Delhi on October 1.