UN Secretary- general Archives

January 15, 2026 7:02 PM

How will the next UN chief be chosen and who wants the job?

A new United Nations secretary-general will be elected this year for a five-year term starting on January 1, 2027. The president of the 193-member General Assembly, Annalena Baerbock, asked countries on Wednesday to nominate candidates by April 1, s...

January 4, 2026 11:05 AM

UN Security Council to meet Monday over US action in Venezuela

The United Nations Security Council is due to meet on Monday after the U.S. attacked Venezuela and deposed its long-serving autocratic President Nicolas Maduro, a move that U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres views as setting "a dangerous precede...

December 23, 2025 1:07 PM

UN chief Antonio Guterres calls for ensuring minorities’ safety in Bangladesh

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has expressed deep concern over the recent surge in violence in Bangladesh, stressing that minorities must feel safe in the country, his spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric said. “We’re very concerne...

March 13, 2025 12:11 PM

Bangladesh: UN Secretary General arrives Dhaka today on four-day visit

United Nations Secretary General António Guterres is set to arrive on a four-day official visit to Bangladesh today to witness the Rohingya refugee camps situation. This visit is expected to strengthen international efforts to mobilise increased foo...

April 15, 2024 10:12 AM

UN chief convened an emergency meeting on Iran strikes, says- ‘Neither region nor world can afford more war’

Addressing the emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, which was convened after Iranian drone and missile launches into Israel, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Sunday said the 'Middle East' was on the brink, adding that neither the reg...

October 17, 2023 3:29 PM

UN not in the business of observing elections in Bangladesh: Spokesman Dujarric

A spokesman for the UN Secretary-General, Stéphane Dujarric, has said the United Nations will not be involved in observing the elections in Bangladesh unless it gets a mandate. "Just to point out that the UN is not in the business of observing elec...

September 21, 2023 3:01 PM

UN chief urges world not to yield to ‘naked greed’ of fossil fuel interests at Climate Summit

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Wednesday (September 20) said that time was running out to tackle climate change, thanks in part to the "naked greed" of fossil fuel interests. The UN Secretary-General was addressing the climate summit of t...