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Guterres condemns assault against UN peacekeepers in Cyprus

·August 19, 2023·1 min read

Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said in a statement issued on behalf of Secretary-General António Guterres that several members of the UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus (UNFICYP) had been injured while UN vehicles had also been damaged inside the buffer zone that divides the Turkish Cypriot north and Greek Cypriot south. Security...

Top UN aid official in Ukraine condemns latest wave of indiscriminate attacks

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·August 15, 2023·1 min read

Denise Brown issued a statement deploring the “indiscriminate” attacks impacting civilians and civilian infrastructure. She stressed that people in the south, including in the Kherson and Odesa regions, had endured “a particularly harsh weekend” after reports that strikes left many civilians, including children, killed and injured. An entire family, including...

UN condemns killing of presidential candidate in Ecuador

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·August 11, 2023·1 min read

Fernando Villavicencio, 59, was shot dead after leaving a campaign rally at a school in the capital, Quito, on Wednesday evening, according to news reports. Nine other people were injured, including a candidate for the legislature and two police officers. The attack occurred just two weeks before the election on...

Guterres strongly condemns suicide bombing in Pakistan

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·August 1, 2023·1 min read

At least 54 people were killed, and 83 injured, in the attack, which occurred in Bajaur district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. International media reported on Monday that the Islamic State has claimed responsibility. Speaking that day in New York, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said the Secretary-General extended his heartfelt...

OHCHR condemns executions in Kuwait and Singapore, pushes for global ban

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·July 30, 2023·1 min read

“We deplore the multiple executions carried out this week in Kuwait and Singapore and oppose the death penalty under all circumstances,” said OHCHR Spokesperson Seif Magango. Immediate moratorium “We urge Kuwait and Singapore to immediately establish a moratorium on executions and join the more than 170 States that have so...

Niger: Security Council strongly condemns ‘efforts to unconstitutionally change’ the government

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·July 29, 2023·1 min read

The members of the Security Council strongly condemned the efforts to unconstitutionally change the legitimate government of the Republic of Niger on 26 July 2023. Earlier this week, the demand to release the President of Niger was voiced by the UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Late on Wednesday, a group of Nigerien...

UN strongly condemns Russian strikes in Odesa, Ukraine

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·July 24, 2023·2 min read

Over the past week, Russia has carried out aerial attacks on Odesa and two other port cities, Chornomorsk and Mykolaiv, since terminating the landmark Black Sea Initiative on grain and fertilizer exports. International media reported that at least one person was killed and more than 20 wounded in Sunday’s attack,...

Ukraine: Guterres ‘strongly condemns’ Russian attacks on Odesa and other ports

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·July 21, 2023·1 min read

In making its decision, Russia also withdrew safe passage guarantees for ships carrying grain and other foodstuffs navigating in the northwestern part of the Black Sea. Over the past year, the Initiative has facilitated the export of more than 30 million tonnes of Ukrainian grain to global markets via three...

UN chief condemns deadly attack on peacekeepers in Central African Republic

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·July 12, 2023·1 min read

The attack by unknown assailants on the patrol from the MINUSCA mission occurred just a few kilometres from the town of Sam Ouandia. The mission has immediately opened an investigation into the exact circumstances, said a statement issued by the UN Spokesperson for António Guterres on Tuesday. “The Secretary-General expresses his deepest condolences to the family of...

UN chief condemns air strike that killed at least 22 people in Sudan

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·July 10, 2023·1 min read

Mr. Guterres offered his condolences to the families of the victims and expressed hopes for a speedy recovery to the dozens who were injured, UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said in a statement issued that day. The Sudanese army and rival military group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), have been...

Israel-Palestine: UN chief strongly condemns mounting violence, acts of terror

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·July 7, 2023·2 min read

“Israel’s airstrikes and ground operations in a crowded refugee camp were the worst violence in the West Bank in many years,” said António Guterres, referring to the two-day-long military assault in Jenin, which began on Monday morning, involving the use of airstrikes and missiles fired from drones. According to the...

Guterres condemns Israel’s recent advancement of plans to build in occupied West Bank

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·June 29, 2023·1 min read

A strongly worded statement by the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General reiterates that settlements are a flagrant violation of international law and relevant UN resolutions. Antonio Guterres, it says, urged the Government of Israel to halt and reverse the expansion of settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to immediately and completely...