Tag: Antonio Guterres
UN chief visits Rafah border crossing ahead of Gaza aid delivery
U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres toured on Friday the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Gaza Strip, ahead of the expected delivery of aid to the Hamas-ruled enclave.
The first delivery is expected...
UN secretary-general expected to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority
A planned trip by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to Israel and the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to yield significant developments but may help relieve tensions in a strained relationship.
The United Nations has not announced...
Gallant calls for ‘urgent UN intervention’ at Lebanon border
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant on Monday called for the United Nations to step in to stop the growing threat from Hezbollah at the Lebanon border.
The minister made the request during a meeting at the organization's...
Jewish groups urge UN not to use ‘false claims’ of Amnesty report against Israel
The blowback over a biased report by Amnesty International on Israel continues nearly a week after its release as 469 organizations and more than 4,000 individuals signed a strongly-worded letter on Monday urging U.N. Secretary-General António...
Dozens of Jewish groups blast anti-Israel UN probe, urge secretary general to end it
Forty-one Jewish organizations wrote to U.N. Security General António Guterres and U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Michele Bachelet demanding an end to the “one-sided farce” of a probe by the U.N. Human Rights...
UN Holocaust program: Not just about memory, but measures against hatred
NEW YORK, N.Y.—Some recited the now-familiar vow, “Never Again.” Some called for the lasting comfort of those who survived. One even called out the United Nations itself for its injustices towards Jews.
Thursday’s annual International...
Israeli ambassador urges UN to adopt IHRA definition of anti-Semitism
Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations and the United States, Gilad Erdan, met on Wednesday with U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres and the U.N. Alliance of Civilizations (UNAOC)’s anti-Semitism envoy Miguel Moratinos to encourage the...
UN head urges Biden to lift Iran sanctions
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on the Biden administration to lift sanctions on Iran as stipulated by the 2015 nuclear accord signed between Iran and world powers.
In a report to the...
Pro-Israel groups press Congress to help end ‘hateful content’ in UNRWA schools
Several pro-Israel and Jewish organizations are urging U.S. legislators to pressure the United Nations to end hateful anti-Semitic content found in the curriculum of schools run by the U.N. Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
The...
UN Secretary-General: World alliance needed to combat anti-Semitism
On the eve of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said that “coordinated global action” was needed to combat the increase of neo-Nazism and white supremacy the world has seen since the...