Antonio Guterres
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Aid agencies criticise US decision to deem Yemen’s Houthi rebels a terrorist organisation
- Middle East
- January 11, 2021, 18:45
Aid agencies have sharply criticised the Trump administration’s decision to designate Yemen’s Houthi rebels a terrorist organisation, warning it will(...)

World leaders urged to make Covid vaccine available to millions of refugees
- World
- January 1, 2021, 16:30
Global humanitarian figures and NGOs have urged world leaders to urgently make Covid-19 vaccinations available to millions of refugees and others dis(...)

The Irish Times view on the climate crisis: world powers must step up
- Editorial
- December 31, 2020, 12:06
On climate politics, the world is in a better place after a difficult year. Momentum seemed to be dissipating early in 2020, when developed countries (...)

UN climate summit: ‘We are still not going in the right direction’
- World
- December 12, 2020, 19:24
More than 80 world leaders, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, have committed to scaled up actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in response to (...)

Taoiseach to join 70 world leaders in new global warming pledge
- Politics
- December 12, 2020
Five years after the world agreed to limit global warming to “well below 2 degrees”, 70 world leaders, including Taoiseach Micheál Martin, will on Sat(...)

‘The state of the planet is broken’: UN’s stark warning on climate change
- Environment
- December 2, 2020, 17:40
The world is “headed for a thundering temperature rise of 3-5 degrees this century”, United Nations secretary general António Guterres has predicted. (...)

US move to designate Houthis as terrorists ‘will cost lives in Yemen’
- Middle East
- November 24, 2020, 10:01
US and international aid agencies have criticised the Trump administration’s decision to brand as “terrorists” Yemen’s rebel Houthis, saying it will c(...)

Ethiopian PM replaces top officials as conflict in Tigray region escalates
- Africa
- November 8, 2020, 19:01
Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed replaced his army chief, the head of intelligence and the foreign minister on Sunday as the military continued a (...)

UN peacekeepers withdraw from South Sudan civilian protection sites
- Africa
- October 29, 2020, 01:00
Seven years after civilians first rushed UN military bases in South Sudan, beginning an unprecedented scheme credited with saving tens of thousands of(...)

Libya’s main warring factions sign permanent ceasefire
- Africa
- October 23, 2020, 19:08
Libya’s main warring factions signed a permanent ceasefire agreement on Friday, but any lasting end to years of chaos and bloodshed will require wider(...)