UN chief: ‘Global solidarity is missing in action’

Addressing the virtual World Economic Forum, on Monday, the United Nations’ Secretary-General, António Guterres, told world and business leaders that “global solidarity is missing in action”. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2022/01/1109932
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At Davos, UN chief urges ‘big emitters’ to take climate action

23 Jan 2020

The world is “doomed” in the face of climate change unless major industrial nations reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told business leaders at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. 

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The planet’s on ‘red alert’ UN chief warns leaders at President Biden’s climate summit

22 Apr 2021

World leaders must act now and put the planet on a green path because “we are at the verge of the abyss”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday in his address to the virtual climate summit convened by United States President Joseph Biden. 

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Youth Forum: UN chief calls for ‘tangible improvements’ in the face of injustice, poor governance

07 Apr 2021

Leaders across the world need to “move beyond platitudes” about young people, and deliver a better future for them all, Secretary-General António Guterres told the 10th Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum on Wednesday.