NEW YORK (Reuters) – UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday accused world powers of ignoring inequality in global institutions, but said the coronavirus pandemic has created a “generational opportunity” to build a world. more egalitarian and sustainable. FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting …
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PARIS (Reuters) – The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to apply sanctions against countries that continued to violate a United Nations arms embargo against Libya. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte called on “all …
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United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres warned that the world is at a “breaking point” and calls for a new model of global governance to address inequalities exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. During Nelson Mandela’s annual online conference on Saturday, Guterres said the pandemic “has been compared to an x-ray, …
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The UN Secretary-General will deliver one of his sharpest speeches to date today, attacking “myths, illusions and falsehoods” about international progress on equality. In an unusually worded speech, António Guterres called for a major overhaul of the UN security council, the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, to address …
Read More »We need more of these, but we need them to be climate friendly.Photo: Dirk waem (fake pictures) A new United Nations report shows why cleaning the air conditioner is crucial. In fact, the authors found that switching to climate-friendly, energy-efficient air conditioning units could save the world up to 460 …
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