Credit to Author: Dennis Maliwanag| Date: Sat, 25 May 2019 01:00:08 +0000
Secretary-General Antonio Guterres awarded the United Nations’ highest medal for bravery on Friday to a peacekeeper from Malawi who saved a wounded comrade in the Ebola-stricken region of eastern Congo and was then killed by rebel fire.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 23:08:17 +0000
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a ceasefire in Libya to prevent all-out fighting for control of Tripoli.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 11:40:13 +0000
UN chief Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern Thursday over the risk of confrontation in Libya after forces loyal to a controversial strongman announced they were preparing to advance on Tripoli.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2019 06:16:30 +0000
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres heads to Washington on Wednesday for talks on the UN peacekeeping budget.
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Read moreCredit to Author: kadraneda| Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 13:34:44 +0000
UN chief Antonio Guterres has appealed for dialogue to stop Venezuela’s political crisis spiraling out of control.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2019 00:52:00 +0000
A survey of sexual harassment within the UN system found sexual stories or jokes as most offensive to about a third of respondents.
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Read moreCredit to Author: cbibe| Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2018 22:42:44 +0000
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres seeks to rescue deeply troubled climate talks in Poland, warning it is a “matter of life and death.”
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