Guterres Archives - Career Meaning

Guterres welcomes peace deal between DR Congo and Rwanda

·June 28, 2025·1 min read

The accord is “a significant step towards de-escalation, peace and stability in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Great Lakes region,” he said in a statement that evening. A breakthrough amid crisis Since the 1990s, eastern DRC has been plagued by dozens of armed groups who have...

Guterres urges Iran and Israel to ‘fully respect’ ceasefire

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·June 25, 2025·3 min read

Before both sides had confirmed that a ceasefire was in place early Tuesday both sides exchanged fire, with Tehran residents saying they had experienced a heavy barrage of attacks. Before leaving Washington for a NATO summit in Europe, President Trump expressed his frustration at the breaches of the fragile ceasefire...

Guterres condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic

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·June 23, 2025·1 min read

The ambush took place on Friday along the Birao-Am Dafock axis in the volatile Vakaga Prefecture, in northeastern CAR, close to the border with conflict-hit Sudan. According to the stabilization mission, MINUSCA, the patrol was targeted by “unidentified armed elements” in the locality of Am-Sissia. Attack may be a war...

Development is ‘the first line of defense against conflict,’ Guterres tells Security Council

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·June 20, 2025·3 min read

Ambassadors met to debate how poverty, inequality, and underdevelopment are fuelling conflict and instability, at a time when hostilities are increasing and demand for humanitarian aid is rising as resources dwindle. Every dollar spent on prevention could save up to $103 in conflict-related costs, according to the International Monetary Fund...

Guterres calls for an end to ocean ‘plunder’ as UN summit opens in France

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·June 9, 2025·7 min read

“The ocean is the ultimate shared resource,” he told delegates gathered at the port of Nice. “But we are failing it.” Oceans, he warned, are absorbing 90 per cent of the excess heat from greenhouse gas emissions and buckling under the strain: overfishing, rising temperatures, plastic pollution, acidification. Coral reefs...

Number of aid workers killed in Gaza conflict, highest in UN history: Guterres

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·June 7, 2025·2 min read

Ahead of a memorial service at Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists that the men and women being honoured “were not just names on a list” but “extraordinary individuals – each one a story of courage, compassion, and service.” “They were driven by the pursuit of peace....

Gaza: Guterres urges probe into killings at food distribution sites

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·June 2, 2025·4 min read

More than 30 people were killed and over 100 wounded while waiting in the morning to get food from two sites in Rafah and Middle Gaza run by the newly established Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), according to media reports. The organization is backed by Israel and the United States and...

‘Justice is long overdue’: Guterres calls for reparations for enslavement and colonialism

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·May 31, 2025·2 min read

“Africa is a continent of boundless energy and possibility. But for too long, the colossal injustices inflicted by enslavement, the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism have been left unacknowledged and unaddressed,” he said. The United Nations has repeatedly said that slavery and the transatlantic slave trade constituted crimes against humanity,...

Guterres calls on Israel to accept UN’s ‘detailed, principled’ aid plan for Gaza

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·May 24, 2025·2 min read

Addressing reporters outside the Security Council, António Guterres called once again for a permanent ceasefire to end the fighting between Israeli forces and Hamas militants, the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages and full humanitarian access so aid can flow in following nearly 80 days of Israeli blockade. ‘Cruellest...

Guterres strongly condemns killing of Israeli diplomats in US capital

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·May 23, 2025·1 min read

The diplomats were gunned down on Wednesday night as they left an event at the Capital Jewish Museum in central Washington DC, where the American Jewish Committee was hosting a reception. They were identified as Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Milgrim, 26, who were about to be engaged, according to...

In Baghdad, Guterres affirms UN will never forget staff killed in Canal Hotel attack

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·May 19, 2025·2 min read

António Guterres was speaking during a wreath-laying ceremony at a memorial in Baghdad to honour the victims of the 19 August 2003 Canal Hotel bombing – the worst terrorist attack in UN history. Twenty-two people were killed, including the then UN Special Representative for Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello. More...

At Arab League Summit, Guterres reiterates call for Gaza ceasefire

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·May 18, 2025·3 min read

António Guterres told leaders meeting in the Iraqi capital that “the region and the world face trials and tests on all fronts,” starting with the situation in Gaza. He reiterated that neither the atrocious 7 October 2023 terror attacks by Hamas nor the collective punishment of the Palestinian people can...