By Doosuur Iwambe United Nations Secretary General, António Guterres on Tuesday called for improved digital accessibility for Persons Living with Disabilities (PLWD). Guterres made the call at the opening of the 16th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) at UN headquarters in New […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Thursday warned that children are at a higher risk of death, abuse and malnutrition during the coronavirus pandemic. “With the global recession gathering pace, there could be hundreds of thousands of additional child deaths in 2020″ compared to a pre-pandemic scenario, Guterres said in a statement. He said sick […]
UN Secretary-General António Guterres says the world “still lives in the shadow of the transatlantic slave trade” in spite of rejecting racism. In a video message to mark the 2020 International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, Guterres said racism continued to plague the world. The UN Chief […]
The United Nations has launched the largest and most inclusive conversation on the role of global cooperation in building a better future. This is in preparation for its 75th anniversary and according to a statement from the United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) in Lagos, the initiative will see the UN spark dialogues throughout 2020 in […]
New York – UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Saturday said there had been a rise in the “scale and number of attacks’’ against journalists around the world in recent times. In a message to mark the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, Guterres said, “societies as a whole pay the price’’ when […]
Ukpono Ukpong – Abuja In a bid to raise the global level of ambition to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement as well as galvanise action that can limit climate change to at least 2°C, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has called on the Federal Government to sign up the United Nation pact to […]
Commemorating the 2018 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, on Wednesday, the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, said about 700 million people globally are unable to meet their basic daily needs. In his message, Mr Guterres restated that eradicating poverty in all its forms remained one of the greatest global challenges and priorities. On this […]