Antonio Guterres
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Gearing to meet SDG goals
Sustainable Development Goals’ state of play: Why humanity is failing on the journey to 2030
Sustainable development cannot be an end in itself
It must be viewed as a means for radical, irreversible socio-economic transformation that redefines the lives of the marginalised and excluded
Guterres urges G20 to lead on global peace, climate action and economic reform
He said Africa remains woefully underrepresented across global institutions, and this must change
The UN at 80: Adapt or Die
With US President Donald Trump blithely brushing aside the United Nations’ many achievements, it is worth revisiting the organization’s successes and failures over the years.…
The United Nations at 80: Real reform or ritual?
After eight decades, the UN is facing a slide into irrelevance, underlining the need for reform in financing, mandates, representation and partnerships
Nelson Mandela’s legacy is now our responsibility
‘Nelson Mandela showed how one can transform oppression, struggle and subjugation into reconciliation, social justice and unity’
ICJ: Every country obligated by climate and other international laws to stop global warming
This obligation arises from human rights, maritime and the customary international law, as well as the Paris Agreement and other climate change treaties and laws
António Guterres: It is now time for unity in Syria
The UN secretary general met International Relations Minister Ronald Lamola, who urged Israel to halt its strikes on Syria
The anatomy of a genocide: Gaza one year later
Amid the humanitarian catastrophe caused by Israel, its leaders are being welcomed by many powerful countries and leaders
Brics leaders call for immediate truce in Israeli-Hamas war
China demanded an end to ‘collective punishment’ inflicted on Gaza, at a virtual summit chaired by President Cyril Ramaphosa
Violence surges in occupied West Bank as Israel steps up attacks on Gaza
Oxfam International says ‘starvation is being used as a weapon of war against Gaza civilians’.
Pakistan floods show we must shift the global financing system in the age of climate change
More nuanced and constructive ways of measuring the vulnerabilities of nation states to climate crises are required
Multilateralism has a role in an evolving world
The climate crisis, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the Covid-19 pandemic have increased levels of poverty
In the time of wars and refugees, let us now talk peace
When Russia illegally invaded Ukraine, was not that the moment for the United Nations to send its secretary general to Moscow to demand a ceasefire?
Ramaphosa condemns war, but not Russia specifically
President Cyril Ramaphosa said on Thursday the war in Ukraine could have been avoided if Nato had heeded caution not to expand eastwards, as he reiterated that South Africa was…