tells Archives - Career Meaning

It’s time for leadership and vision, Guterres tells G20 in South Africa

·November 22, 2025·1 min read

“Now is the time for leadership and vision,” the UN Secretary-General António Guterres told journalists in Johannesburg on Friday, a day ahead of the official opening. The G20 bloc is made up of the world’s largest economies, although the United States has announced it will not officially participate. This year’s summit highlights...

Conflict and hunger ‘two faces of the same crisis’, UN deputy chief tells Security Council

Uncategorized

·November 18, 2025·3 min read

“This Council’s mandate is maintenance of international peace and security, and there can be neither peace where people are starving, nor security where hunger drives conflict,” she said. A recent UN report warned that the world’s most extreme food crises are driven primarily by armed conflict and violence, including famines...

Fragile Gaza ceasefire marks ‘a momentous but precarious juncture,’ UN envoy tells Security Council

Uncategorized

·October 24, 2025·2 min read

The Gaza ceasefire provides a rare opportunity to end one of the most destructive phases of the wider Israel-Palestine conflict, the UN’s deputy Middle East envoy told the Security Council on Thursday. Deputy Special Coordinator Ramiz Alakbarov warned that without decisive support for reconstruction and aid delivery, the region risks...

Ukraine: ‘This war needs to end,’ Türk tells UN Human Rights Council

Uncategorized

·October 4, 2025·3 min read

The full-scale Russian invasion of the country began in February 2022 and “this year has seen intense attacks along the frontline, and massive airstrikes, largely in populated areas,” he told the Human Rights Council in Geneva. “In some towns in frontline communities, nearly all the housing has been damaged or...

‘We don’t believe in giving up’ deputy UN chief tells New York festival crowd

Uncategorized

·September 29, 2025·1 min read

The music event, which took place in Central Park on the last weekend of high-level week of the General Assembly, is the flagship event from Global Citizen, the world’s largest movement to end extreme poverty. This year’s lineup included international stars such as Shakira, Cardi B and Rosé. Ms. Mohammed...

We have no choice but to fight, Ukraine’s Zelenskyy tells world leaders

Uncategorized

·September 25, 2025·2 min read

“No one but ourselves can guarantee security,” he said. “Only strong alliances. Only strong partners. And only our own weapons.” He argued that international law does not work without the backing of “powerful friends” and, ultimately, military backup. Those with “weapons decide who survives,” he said, calling it a “terrible”...

‘Iran has never sought and will never seek to build a nuclear bomb,’ President tells General Assembly

Uncategorized

·September 24, 2025·2 min read

Masoud Pezeshkian began his remarks by upholding the importance of equality and mutual respect among all peoples. “The bedrock of all divine religions and of the human conscience is this golden maxim: that which you would not approve for yourself, do not approve for others,” he said. He noted, however,...

‘Our democracy is non-negotiable’, President Lula of Brazil tells General Assembly

Uncategorized

·September 24, 2025·1 min read

“Multilateralism is at a new crossroads” and the world is “witnessing the consolidation of an international order marked by repeated concessions to power play, attacks on sovereignty, arbitrary sanctions and unilateral interventions are becoming the rule.” He said that “throughout the world, anti-democratic forces are trying to subjugate institutions and...

‘Africa is poised for progress’ Guterres tells development conference in Japan

Uncategorized

·August 20, 2025·2 min read

“With the world’s youngest population, abundant natural resources, and a vibrant entrepreneurial spirit, Africa is poised for progress,” he told the 9th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) in Yokohama. He said the meeting’s theme – Co-Create Innovative Solutions with Africa – was a reminder that these same strengths...

South Sudanese ‘are counting on us’, top UN official tells Security Council

Uncategorized

·August 18, 2025·2 min read

Referencing the recent quarterly report from the Secretary-General on challenges facing the world’s youngest nation, Ms. Pobee underscored that since March, previous gains in the peace process have been largely eroded. Military offensives, primarily involving South Sudan’s rival militia which answers to the First Vice President and Government troops loyal to...

‘Nuclear weapons have no place in our world,’ UN chief tells mayors in Nagasaki

Uncategorized

·August 9, 2025·1 min read

Inspired by the hibakusha, survivors of the atomic bombings at the end of World War Two who turned their suffering into a powerful appeal for peace, António Guterres renewed his call for a world free of nuclear weapons in a video message to the 11th General Conference of Mayors for...

It’s time to finance our future and ‘change course’, Guterres tells world leaders in Sevilla

Uncategorized

·July 1, 2025·5 min read

António Guterres issued his clarion call noting that sustainable development powered by international cooperation, is now facing “massive headwinds.” Addressing the opening session of the 4th Financing for Development Conference (FFD4) in baking hot Sevilla, Spain – basking in record high June temperatures – the Secretary-General noted multilateralism itself is...