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Secretary-General calls on Israel to revoke order banning UNRWA operations in Jerusalem

The UN Secretary-General has called on the Israeli government to withdraw its decision to require the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) to cease its operations in Jerusalem and vacate all buildings it operates in the city by 30 January. António Guterres made the request in a statement

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Guterres: It is our duty to speak out against hatred and defend the human rights of all

“Eighty years ago, the Holocaust ended and our efforts to keep that terrible truth alive began, building on the work of those who recounted the Nazi atrocities perpetrated around and against them,” the UN Secretary-General said Monday at the event for the International Day of Commemoration of the Victims of the Holocaust.

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UN relocates non-critical staff from North Kivu to Democratic Republic of Congo

The UN is temporarily relocating non-essential staff from Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, from Saturday, without interrupting its operations in the country, at a time of heightened security concerns. The UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, MONUSCO, is relocating non-essential staff to North Kivu

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Guterres denounces in Davos the retreat of climate commitments

The world's political and business elite in Davos on Wednesday heard a powerful speech by the Secretary-General, who denounced the lack of multilateral collaboration in a "world increasingly adrift," threatened by two existential dangers: climate change and unregulated artificial intelligence (AI). The speech was held at the

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Guterres sets out his priorities for 2025 to address the “Pandora’s box” opened by humanity

Referring to the myth of Pandora, the Secretary General of the United Nations referred on Wednesday to conflicts, inequalities, the climate crisis and out-of-control technology as “the four evils” that can, at best, disrupt the sustainable development agenda and, at worst, “put at risk”

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In 2025, “we must not let opportunities pass us by,” says the president of the UN General Assembly

On Tuesday, UN General Assembly President Philémon Yang presented a detailed vision of his priorities for 2025, calling it an opportunity for “a new beginning.” Under the theme Unity in Diversity, Yang emphasized the need for collective action to address pressing global challenges and achieve a

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