UN Secretary-General António Guterres appointed a Task Force in March to propose radical reforms as the UN marks its 80th anniversary...
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Vol 66 No 12 |
- UNITED NATIONS
For over two years the UN Secretariat in New York has been buzzing with rumours about the mooted early departure of Secretary-General António Guterres...
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Though the European Commission says that it supports the aims of UN Secretary-General António Guterres to reform the UN officials are aware of African concerns about the mandate of the Task Force led by Under-Secretary-General Guy Ryder...
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EU Commission officials say that the bloc supports the restructuring proposed by Secretary General António Guterres but warn that the UN faces an unprecedented funding crisis...
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Vol 66 No 8 |
- SOUTH SUDAN
Riek Machar wrote to the African Union Peace and Security Council the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and to the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on 23 March to protest Uganda's intervention in South Sudan according to a letter Africa Confidential has seen...
‘The consequences will be especially devastating for vulnerable people around the world ' says United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres adding that the cuts will ‘make the world less healthy less safe and less prosperous'...
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INTERNATIONAL DISTRACTION EMBOLDENS RWANDA Beyond a pro-forma call by Secretary General António Guterres for a ceasefire and the withdrawal of foreign forces the UN's political response has been as underwhelming as the AU's...
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres was ‘deeply concerned by the escalating violence' said a UN spokesman and ‘reiterates his strongest condemnation of the M23 armed group's ongoing offensive… with the support of the Rwanda Defence Forces...
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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called on the G20 leaders in Rio to ‘show leadership' to break the logjam in Baku...
Vol 65 No 22 |
- MOZAMBIQUE
In an unprecedented move UN Secretary-General António Guterres said he ‘vehemently condemned the murders...
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