Mr. Parilla began by expressing solidarity with Palestine and condemning what he described as the “genocidal extermination and ethnic cleansing” of Palestinians by Israel. He said that, at a time when “a handful of countries and individuals have amassed more wealth than the vast majority of all other countries combined,”...
António Guterres addressed the Council’s first quarterly debate on the Middle East for the year, held against the backdrop of Sunday’s temporary ceasefire in Gaza, the end of hostilities in Lebanon sparked by the war, and the fall of the Assad regime in Syria. “We have a responsibility to help...
Antonio Guterres was addressing via videolink, the fourth meeting of the Major Economies Forum, convened by the United States President Joe Biden, which is designed to galvanize efforts to keep the global temperature rise of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels, within reach – in line with the Paris Agreement. Biggest coffers,...