Tag: Antonio Guterres
UN has no authority over commission accusing Israel of genocide, Guterres says
The office of U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told JNS that the global body head has no oversight over a U.N. commission accusing Israel of “genocidal acts.”
“The Independent International Commission of Inquiry is an independent...
UN chief appeals to Hamas to release Israeli hostages
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday urged the Hamas terror group to abide by its obligation to release additional Israeli hostages in accordance with its ceasefire agreement with the Jewish state.
"We must avoid at...
EU parliamentarians from 14 countries ask Guterres to shutter UNRWA
Members of the European Parliament from 14 nations have appealed to the United Nations to shut down the terror-linked U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Israeli media...
The UNRWA meltdown
If anything illuminates the insanity and moral bankruptcy of our times, it’s the reaction to Israel’s decision to act against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
Laws passed this week by the Israeli...
Hostages’ family members say UN head Guterres listens to their plight
The head of the United Nations has been assailed by a range of Israeli officials since the Hamas massacre in southern Israel on Oct. 7 for any number of diplomatic offenses, mischaracterizations, false assessments...
Head of UN humanitarian affairs office calls for arms embargo on Israel
Ramesh Rajasingham, head of the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and OCHA’s representative in Geneva, called for an international arms embargo of Israel during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Friday.
“All...
At Munich shul, Guterres denounces Jew-hatred on same day UN official says Hamas not...
António Guterres, the secretary-general of the United Nations, told the Jewish community in Munich that “We must be in the center of fighting antisemitism in all its aspects.”
The U.N. head spoke at Ohel Jakob,...
Research org that UN tapped for UNRWA probe previously dismissed allegations against agency
The Bergen, Norway-based Chr. Michelsen Institute is one of two—out of three—research organizations that the United Nations tapped to probe the neutrality of one of its agencies that has applauded South Africa’s genocide case...
Israel: UN chief’s tenure ‘danger to world peace’
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen on Wednesday accused U.N. chief Antonio Guterres of supporting Hamas and called his tenure a global threat.
"Guterres’ tenure is a danger to world peace. His request to activate Article...
Israel slams UN chief for saying Hamas attack ‘did not occur in vacuum’
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen blasted U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday for remarks in which he appeared to justify Hamas's Oct. 7 murder rampage in the western Negev.
"It is important to also recognize...