Antonio Guterres urged the international community, especially the global businesses, that 'we need all hands on deck' for recovery and economic rebound this coming year.
During a high-level ministerial event Monday, Secretary-General Guterres said that UN will stay in Afghanistan & deliver amid the difficulties & unpredictable aspects of the future.
In a tweet, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres further pointed out UN's determination to promote the rights of all Afghans and provide them with life-saving humanitarian support.
Seizing power through military force is a losing proposition and one that can only lead to prolonged civil war or the complete isolation of Afghanistan, Guterres said.
Martin Griffiths said he is extremely concerned by the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan where more than 1,000 people have been killed or injured due to indiscriminate attacks.
During the meeting, the two leaders also exchanged views on Afghanistan & Myanmar, climate change, UNSC reforms and the Covid situation around the world.
Guterres, the 9th Secretary-General of the UN, took oath in 2017 and his first term ends on December 2021. The term of the next Secretary General will begin on 1 January, 2022.
In his statement to the Global Health Summit Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned that the pandemic is 'still very much with us, thriving and mutating'.
Preventive Detention has stayed its course because India didn’t invest much in the investigative competence of the police, or legal acumen of the prosecutors.
With a growing indigenous base of drone manufacturers and exporters, and incentives from government, industry sentiment is bullish. However, some concerns remain.
That temples were destroyed and mosques built is undisputed history. The past can’t be changed, but we can’t deny the wrongs of the past either before we consider reconciliation.