António Guterres

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

The UN Secretary-General addressed post-war reconstruction and territory disputes at his press conference during the first visit to Syria by a UN chief since the Assad regime.

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

FILE PHOTO: United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, in Mexico City, Mexico April 22, 2026.

UN human rights chief Volker Turk faces pushback in bid for second term


‘Hamas exploits ambulances for terror:’ Israeli envoy slams UN chief

Gutteres was among the first to condemn Israel last month after a false report that a supposed Israeli airstrike had struck the Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza.

 Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan shows a video on a portable device as he speaks to an emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., October 26, 2023.

An open letter to the UN secretary-general

There is never justification for murder, rape, burning, beheading, and the killing of a baby in its mother’s stomach. Terrorism can never be rationalized, or put into “context”.

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres.

The context to Hamas's terrorist exploits - opinion

Islamic terror needs to be understood in context, though a completely different context from the one that Antonio Guterres suggests.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Albania's Foreign Minister Igli Hasani attend a meeting of the Security Council, October 24, 2023

My Word: Greta and Guterres - 'How dare you!'

It is the rhetorical question that should be asked of Greta Thunberg along with United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. 

 LARGE TEDDY bears with splotches of red paint and the photographs of the children held hostage by Hamas terrorists in Gaza are displayed at Tel Aviv’s Dizengoff Square on October 25

UN Guterres’s speech justified the unjustifiable - editorial

Guterres’s staggering argument was that "the attacks by Hamas did not happen in a vacuum."

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres.

Guterres: I didn't justify Hamas terror

Israel's ambassador to the UN Gilad Erdan called for Guterres to resign and reissued that call against him on Wednesday after Guterres’ statement.

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference, ahead of G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023.

UN called on to fire envoy for questioning Israel's right to defense

After Albanese questioned Israel's right to defend itself on her Twitter account, the International Legal Forum called for her dismissal.

THE UN Human Rights Council meets in Geneva, February 2020.

Will UN action on Iranian drones in Russia kill JCPOA negotiations? - analysis

UN Secretary-General presented a neutral and passive report to the UN Security Council regarding Iran's sale of drones to Russia on Monday.

 An Iranian missile is displayed during a rally marking the annual Quds Day, or Jerusalem Day, on the last Friday of the holy month of Ramadan in Tehran, Iran April 29, 2022.

Israel's Lapid lands in NY, to meet King Abdullah amid Palestinian violence

This will be the second meeting between Prime Minister Yair Lapid and King Abdullah II as violence takes over Nablus' streets.

The United Nations General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, US

Save the two-state solution, recognize Palestine, Abbas says

The UN annually marks Palestinian solidarity on the anniversary of the 1947 vote to partition territory under Resolution 181.

 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas gestures during a joint press conference with U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (not pictured), in the West Bank city of Ramallah, May 25, 2021.