António Guterres

UN Security Council to hold first poll in race to replace Guterres when he steps down this year

Seven candidates from Africa and Latin America face the first secret, non-binding Security Council ballot as the UN begins choosing a successor to Secretary-General António Guterres.

Members of the United Nations Security Council vote against a resolution by Russia and China to delay by six months the reimposition of sanctions on Iran during the 80th U.N. General Assembly in New York City, US, September 26, 2025.
Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa receives UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the People's Palace in Damascus, July 25, 2026

Golan Heights 'are Syrian territory,' UN chief Guterres stresses during Damascus visit

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) receives UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the People's Palace in Damascus on July 25, 2026.

UN chief visit to Syria seen by Damascus as key step towards reconstruction after war - analysis

Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa (R) receives UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at the People's Palace in Damascus on July 25, 2026.

Guterres makes first visit to Syria by UN chief since before civil war


Lebanon's new president stresses urgency of Israeli withdrawal from south under truce deal

The Lebanese president told the UN's Guterres during a meeting in Beirut that continued Israeli breaches were a violation of Lebanese sovereignty and the agreed ceasefire deal.

 Newly-elected Lebanese President Joseph Aoun poses for a picture at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, January 9, 2025.

António Guterres at UNGA: 'World cannot let Lebanon become another Gaza' 

Guterres did not mention Hezbollah's constant harassment towards Israel

 Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the United Nations General Assembly on September 24, 2024.

Guterres, UN should redirect their warnings to Hezbollah - opinion

Flimsy and ineffectual words will not cut it. Power, nerve, and bravery are the essential weapons which will defeat the tyranny of evil in our time!

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres attends a meeting with Jordan’s King Abdullah on the day of the Call for Action: Urgent Humanitarian Response for Gaza conference, on the Jordanian side of the Dead Sea, earlier this month.

UN resumes nighttime aid operations after catastrophic deaths of World Central Kitchen workers

UN resumes Gaza aid ops post-WCK deaths. Dujarric reports dire hospital conditions, ongoing conflict, potential UN-US aid coordination, and refrains from Knesset vote comment.

 Humanitarian aid trucks wait in line to be inspected at the Kerem Shalom crossing, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas, on the border between Israel, Gaza and Egypt in this still image taken from video released December 12, 2023.

UN chief calls for Israeli 'ironclad commitment' for free humanitarian aid access to Gaza

Katz denounces Guterres for failure to blame Hamas for plundering humanitarian assistance

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to the media during a visit to the Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, in Lviv, Ukraine August 18, 2022.

Guterres to visit Egyptian border as Israel says Rafah invasion is imminent

Guterres will later travel to Jordan where he will visit UNRWA facilities and have a Ramadan Iftar with Palestinian refugees and UN staff in Amman. 

 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

UN chief deplores 'paralysis and deadlock' at global disarmament body

The Conference was established in 1979 and is overseen by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). It has 65 member states, including the United States, China and Russia.

 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

The 2023 hypocrites elevating Palestine to an untouchable status - opinion

“He who is compassionate to the cruel will become cruel to the compassionate” —Midrash

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

UN postpones vote on demand for humanitarian ceasefire in Gaza

The UN Security Council had been due to vote on a brief draft resolution on Friday morning, but it was delayed at the request of the United Arab Emirates.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a UN Security Council meeting about his invoking Article 99 of the UN charter to address the humanitarian crisis in the midst of conflict between Israel and Hamas at the UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., December 8, 2023.

Antonio Guterres: 'Accounts of sexual violence on Oct. 7 must be investigated'

A UN commission of inquiry investigating war crimes on both sides of the Israel-Hamas conflict will focus on sexual violence by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel.

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023