‘We have failed the people of Gaza,’ Guterres tells ministers

The UN agency that supports Palestine refugees, UNRWA, is the only “outpost of hope” left in the hellscape that is Gaza, the UN Secretary-General told a high-level ministerial meeting on Thursday in New York. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2024/09/1154971
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‘We have failed the people of Gaza,’ Guterres tells ministers
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UPDATING LIVE: Head of Palestine relief agency due to brief Security Council on Gaza crisis

UPDATING LIVE: Head of Palestine relief agency due to brief Security Council on Gaza crisis

17 Apr 2024

The Commissioner-General of the UN relief agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA) is due to brief the Security Council at 3:00 PM in New York on Wednesday as the humanitarian crisis in Gaza worsens and Israeli demands to abolish the frontline agency, intensify.

Climate action: ‘Time is running out’, UN chief tells ministers

30 Sep 2021

With just one month left until the COP26 climate change conference, countries must do more to reduce emissions, finance climate action and support mitigation, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told the final official ministerial meeting in Milan, Italy, on Thursday. 

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Gaza: There is no alternative to UNRWA, Guterres declares

Gaza: There is no alternative to UNRWA, Guterres declares

12 Jul 2024

UN Secretary-General António Guterres, standing alongside top officials in New York on Friday, underscored the essential need to bolster the UN agency assisting Palestine refugees (UNRWA) across the Middle East amid continued attacks on its mandate, staff, premises and operations.