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Stephane Dujarric

June 6, 2022

UN chief Guterres calls for peace ahead of Sudan talks

A military coup in October 2021, led to the suspension of a power-sharing arrangement between civilian representatives and senior officers.

António Guterres
June 2, 2022

UN agrees to change Turkey’s official name to Türkiye

The move is seen as Ankara’s push to rebrand the nation and dissociate its name from the popular American Thanksgiving dinner bird, turkey, and other unfavourable connotations.

Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Credit: BBC)
April 9, 2022

UN condemns bombing of train station in Ukraine

The secretary-general said the strike on the Kramatorsk railway station in eastern Ukraine was “completely unacceptable.”

António Guterres
March 29, 2022

UN confirms death of 8 peacekeepers in DR Congo helicopter crash

Among those in the helicopter were six crew members – all from the Pakistani military – one Russian military officer and another from Serbia.

January 25, 2022

UN tells Burkina Faso coup leaders to surrender

Mr Guterres, in a statement issued by his spokesperson Stephane Dujarric, called on the coup leaders to lay down their weapons.

Antonio Guterres
September 16, 2021

CAR: UN sends away Gabon peacekeepers for sexually abusing girls, women

UN Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) has sent away all Gabonese military units from the Central African Republic (CAR) over sexual abuse allegations.

UN PEACEKEEPERS
September 4, 2021

United Nations to convene high-level meeting to assist 38 million Afghans: Guterres

According to the United Nations, one in three Afghans does not know where their next meal will come from.

António Guterres
July 8, 2021

Disturbing kidnapping of schoolchildren going on in Nigeria: UN

The UN has raised the alarm over protracted schoolchildren kidnapping in Nigeria, noting that it is disturbing.

António Guterres