Antonio Guterres
1 Oct 2023
This morning, the world over, the global community pauses once again to take stock of the state of living environments as it marks “World Habitat Day (WED)2023”, amidst growing concern over the plight of some 200 million people in sub- Saharan Africa living in slums.
1 Oct 2023
In a rapidly evolving world characterized by complex challenges such as poverty, inequality, and environmental degradation, the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in 2015 charted a course towards a more sustainable future, by creating the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs are a set of 17 objectives aimed at addressing targeted global issues by the…
26 Sep 2023
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Tuesday that the world was plunging into a new nuclear arms race and warned of the shadow of "annihilation" hanging over the world.
20 Sep 2023
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is set Wednesday to host a climate meeting marred at its outset by the absence of speakers from the world's top two emitters, China and the United States. Despite increasing extreme weather events and record-shattering global temperatures, greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise and fossil fuel companies reap handsome profits. Guterres…
20 Sep 2023
President Bola Tinubu in the early hours of today made his inaugural address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), with a call on world leaders to serve African countries a better deal of international politics.
18 Sep 2023
The United Nations has said only 15 per cent of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets are on track, calling on key actors to rescue the goals.
17 Sep 2023
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has said that only 15 per cent of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) targets are on track, calling on key actors to rescue the goals.
21 Aug 2023
Representatives of the Global Environment Facility’s (GEF) 185 member countries, including Nigeria will this week in Vancouver chart a path to end nature loss, financially support countries and tackle environmental priorities amid global disasters.
28 Jul 2023
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres have backed Nigeria’s efforts toward the restoration of constitutional order in Niger Republic.
27 Jul 2023
UN chief Antonio Guterres on Thursday pleaded for immediate radical action on climate change, saying that record-shattering July temperatures show Earth has passed from a warming phase into an "era of global boiling."
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