António Guterres

Lebanon’s president, UN call for Israel to leave south Lebanon

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Lebanon’s president, UN call for Israel to leave south Lebanon

Lebanon’s new president Joseph Aoun stressed to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Saturday the urgency of an Israeli military withdrawal as stipulated by a ceasefire deal that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in November. According to a statement by the Lebanese presidency on X, Aoun told Guterres during a meeting in Beirut that continued … Read more

UN chief calls blocked aid for Gaza a moral outrage

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UN chief calls blocked aid for Gaza a moral outrage

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited the Rafah crossing on the Egyptian side of the border with Gaza on Saturday as part of a solidarity mission in honor of Ramadan and called a line of blocked relief trucks a “moral outrage.” “Nothing justifies the horrific attacks by Hamas on October 7th – and nothing justifies … Read more