António Guterres

António Guterres is the Secretary-General of the United Nations.

300 years needed to reach full gender equality

UN chief stresses the importance of having women's contribution in technology and innovation.

Eight billion people, one humanity

Unless we bridge the yawning chasm between the global haves and have-nots, we are setting ourselves up for an 8-billion-strong world filled with tensions and mistrust.

Our burning world needs a renewables revolution

Nero was famously accused of fiddling while Rome burned. Today, some leaders are doing worse.

The War in Ukraine: A silent assault on the developing world

For the people of Ukraine, the Russian invasion is a waking nightmare—a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world.

Threat of nuclear war: Not a thing of the past

We live in worrying times. The climate crisis, stark inequalities, bloody conflicts and human rights abuses, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in my lifetime.

‘A crisis with a woman’s face’

As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the Covid-19 crisis has a woman’s face.

Time to end the nuclear menace

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when humanity learned of the devastation a single nuclear bomb can unleash.

A global wake-up call for leaders

From Covid-19 to climate disruption, from racial injustice to rising inequalities, we are a world in turmoil.

March 8, 2023
March 8, 2023

300 years needed to reach full gender equality

UN chief stresses the importance of having women's contribution in technology and innovation.

November 15, 2022
November 15, 2022

Eight billion people, one humanity

Unless we bridge the yawning chasm between the global haves and have-nots, we are setting ourselves up for an 8-billion-strong world filled with tensions and mistrust.

June 28, 2022
June 28, 2022

Our burning world needs a renewables revolution

Nero was famously accused of fiddling while Rome burned. Today, some leaders are doing worse.

April 14, 2022
April 14, 2022

The War in Ukraine: A silent assault on the developing world

For the people of Ukraine, the Russian invasion is a waking nightmare—a humanitarian disaster on a terrifying scale. But the war is also fast becoming a matter of life and death for vulnerable people around the world.

January 2, 2022
January 2, 2022

Threat of nuclear war: Not a thing of the past

We live in worrying times. The climate crisis, stark inequalities, bloody conflicts and human rights abuses, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the Covid-19 pandemic have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in my lifetime.

March 8, 2021
March 8, 2021

‘A crisis with a woman’s face’

As the world marks International Women’s Day in the midst of a global pandemic, one stark fact is clear: the Covid-19 crisis has a woman’s face.

August 7, 2020
August 7, 2020

Time to end the nuclear menace

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, when humanity learned of the devastation a single nuclear bomb can unleash.

July 3, 2020
July 3, 2020

A global wake-up call for leaders

From Covid-19 to climate disruption, from racial injustice to rising inequalities, we are a world in turmoil.

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