UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Saturday that governments and the private sector should work together to bring Russian food and fertilizer as well as Ukrainian grain to world markets under a deal agreed last month. “The other part of this package deal is unhindered access to world markets for Russian food and fertilizers, which […]
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Guterres: Russia should not disconnect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant from the Ukrainian grid
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today asked Russia not to disconnect the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which it controls, from the Ukrainian grid, as Kyiv and Moscow accuse each other of dangerous shelling of the plant site. “Of course, Zaporizhia electricity is Ukrainian electricity (…) this principle must be fully respected,” Guterres said during a press […]
Zelensky, Erdogan, Guterres in Lviv
International eyes are on Lviv, Ukraine and Ukrainian President Zelensky’s tripartite meeting with Turkish President Erdogan and UN Secretary General Guterres. Tayyip Erdogan left today on the presidential plane for Lviv, Ukraine, where he will have a tripartite meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. The first concern of Guterres […]
Ukraine: Antonio Guterres is in Lviv for the tripartite meeting with Zelensky and Erdogan
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres arrived today in the Ukrainian city of Lviv ahead of the tripartite meeting with the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey. Through Twitter, the United Nations announced the arrival of Guterres in Lviv, stating that the tripartite meeting with Zelensky and Erdogan is scheduled for 12 noon on Thursday. According to […]
The UN pledges to fully support efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who is in Seoul for meetings with South Korean leaders, said today that he fully supports efforts to fully denuclearize North Korea. “I would like to take this opportunity to express my unequivocal support for the complete, credible and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, particularly North Korea, and to […]
Guterres for Zaporizhia: The attacks against nuclear power plants are suicidal
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today called any attack on nuclear power plants “suicidal” and called for an end to military operations around him in Zaporizhia, Ukraine, to allow the International Organization to gain access to it. of Atomic Energy (IAEA). “Any attack against nuclear power plants is suicidal,” Mr Guterres said during a news […]
UN Secretary-General warns humanity against nuclear weapons on Hiroshima anniversary
Bells rang in Hiroshima today to mark the 77th anniversary of the dropping of the world’s first atomic bomb, with the UN secretary-general and other officials sounding the alarm over a new arms race following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24 and, shortly after, Kremlin strongman Vladimir Putin raised the possibility […]
The Russia-Ukraine signatures on the grain agreement ‘fell’ – The terms
LAST UPDATE: 21.35 In a ceremony in which Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan gave triumphant – for his domestic electoral audience – tones, the agreement to export millions of tons of Ukrainian grain and fertilizers via of the Black Sea, which was reached after weeks of negotiations under the auspices of the UN. On the Russian […]
Guterres: ‘Important and essential step’ towards an agreement on Ukrainian grain exports
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres today welcomed progress at an Istanbul meeting aimed at resuming Ukrainian grain exports blocked by Russia amid global concern over a food crisis. More than 20 million tons of Ukrainian grain are stuck in silos in the port of Odessa, where dozens of ships remain at anchor, due to the […]
Climate change: Guterres warns of how vulnerable the Caribbean is
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned yesterday, Sunday, from Suriname of how “vulnerable” the Caribbean is to climate change, while calling for the creation of financing mechanisms intended for developing countries facing debt problems. “Small island and low-lying island states in the Caribbean are particularly vulnerable to what arguably represents the most important challenge facing the […]