KSAMOFA Secretary-General António Guterres (left) at the 16th meeting of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre Advisory Board in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

UN and League of Arab States ink pact to partner on counter-terrorism

Addressing the 16th meeting of the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Centre Advisory Board, Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the importance of preventing terrorism by addressing the root causes that turn grievances into destructive action, as well as the need to sustain the world body’s funding to help countries develop their counter-terrorism capacities.

UN Photo/Manuel Elias Secretary-General António Guterres addresses Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security in relation to the situation in the Middle East, specifically Syria.

At Security Council, UN chief pushes for creation of body to determine perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres again called for the creation of an independent panel that could determine who used chemical weapons in Syria, as the absence of such a body increases the risks of a military escalation in a country already riven by “confrontations and proxy wars.”

UN China/Zhao Yun In Beijing, Secretary-General António Guterres (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

In Beijing, Guterres commends China’s leadership on Global Goals, support for diplomatic solution on Korean Peninsula

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres began an official visit to China with a meeting in Beijing with President Xi Jinping. 

UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres (left) addresses the Security Council High-Level Debate on Collective Action to Improve UN Peacekeeping Operations.

Unrealistic demands on UN peacekeeping costing lives and credibility – Guterres

As the United Nations continues to send peacekeepers to difficult or war-torn environments like Mali and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, those ‘blue helmets’ will need more and better coordinated support among the actors who authorize and deploy them, Secretary-General António Guterres told a Security Council debate on improving UN peacekeeping operations.

UN Photo/Loey Felipe Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the commemorative meeting on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.

Promote tolerance, respect diversity, UN chief urges ahead of International Day against racial discrimination

Ahead of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, UN Secretary-General António Guterres encouraged people worldwide to think about how they can better promote tolerance, inclusion and respect for diversity.