Antonio Guterres

UN says Special Rapporteurs are independent, not ‘out of control’ after Guterres interview

Guterres was referring to the process of the work Special Rapporteurs do, not the content or the output of that work, Dujarric claimed.

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a press conference at Japan National Press Club in Tokyo, Japan May 20, 2026.
 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen over a background of Hamas terrorists and Israeli protesters (illustrative)

Netanyahu held direct talks with Hamas in 2014, IDF kills Yahya Sinwar's former bodyguard

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres leaves after a press conference at a UN compound in the Nicosia airport area, inside the United Nations-controlled buffer zone in the divided capital of Nicosia, Cyprus, July 29, 2026.

UN special rapporteurs are 'totally out of control,' Secretary-General Guterres admits in interview

Candidate for the position of United Nations secretary-general, Michelle Bachelet, speaks during the "UN Town Hall: The Next Secretary-General" event at United Nations headquarters in New York City, US, July 23, 2026.

US intends to pay $725 million towards UN debt, Congressional document shows


Nine UNRWA staff may have been involved in Oct. 7 attack, UN investigation reveals

Of the 19 UNRWA staff members that were under investigation, in one, there was no evidence of involvement in October 7 and in another nine, there was limited evidence, and these cases were closed.

 Tzav 9 protesters outside of UNRWA Jerusalem offices, March 20, 2024.

'Israel crossed a red line': Iran FM rallies Russian, Islamic counterparts

Bagheri emphasized "that the Zionist regime has crossed the red line" and said that the "Islamic Republic of Iran has a legitimate right to defend itself."

 RUSSIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER Sergei Lavrov and Iran’s Acting Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani shake hands during a meeting of a BRICS group of foreign ministers, in Russia, last week. The threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah are also threats to the US, says the writer.

Guterres’s coddling of Iran shows the UN's credibility is dying - opinion

Iravani proudly boasted of his country’s promise to “obliterate Israel if Israel attacks Hezbollah in Lebanon.” 

 IRAN’S AMBASSADOR to the United Nations Amir Saeid Iravani addresses the General Assembly during a ceremonial tribute to Iran’s president Ebrahim Raisi, after the president was killed in a helicopter crash, in May.

Detention of Imran Khan violates international law, UN working group says

The UN working group said Khan's legal woes were part of a "much larger campaign of repression" against him and his Pakistan Tehree-e-Insaf (PTI) party.

 Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks with Reuters during an interview, in Lahore, Pakistan March 17, 2023.

Taliban delegation to attend women-free UN-led meeting in Doha

Human rights groups criticized the UN for not having Afghan women at the table with the Taliban in Doha.

 Afghanistan Taliban officials attend a news conference where they announced they will start issuing passports to its citizens again following months of delays that hampered attempts by those trying to flee the country after the Taliban seized control, in Kabul, Afghanistan October 5, 2021.

Without naming names, UN chief accuses Israel of misinformation

Israel's UN Ambassador Gilad Erdan said the condemnations by United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres were "empty words when compared to his actions."

 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.

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Israel obligated to restore 'public order and safety' in Gaza, claims UN spokesperson

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres spoke of lawlessness in Gaza, with many of the humanitarian aid trucks entering the Strip looted and lack of authority to control the crisis.

 An Egyptian truck carrying humanitarian aid for the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, is seen at the Kerem Shalom crossing in southern Israel, May 30, 2024.

UN chief warns: Lebanon cannot become another Gaza

Iran's mission to the UN that Hezbollah has the capability to defend itself and Lebanon against Israel, warning that "perhaps the time for the self-annihilation of this illegitimate regime has come."

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres speaks to the media after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, last month.

UN to blacklist Israel, Hamas, Islamic Jihad in Children and Armed Conflict Report

Last year’s report listed entities such as the Taliban in Afghanistan and ISIS in Iraq. Hamas is also expected to be included in this year’s list.

 UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at a news conference at UN headquarters in New York City.