Tag: #AntonioGuterres
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Int’l pressure increasing on Delhi Government: Fawad
ISLAMABAD, Feb 19 (APP): Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhary on Wednesday said, with every passing day, the international pressure is increasing on India to respect human rights and resolve Kashmir issue through UN resolutions. Talking to a private news channel he said time is not far when Narendra Modi would be forced…
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United Nations Secretary General called on COAS
Rawalpindi, 17 February 2020: Mr Antonio Guterres, United Nations (UN) Secretary General called on General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) at GHQ, today. During the meeting, matters of mutual interests, overall regional security situation including Afghan Refugees issue, Afghan Reconciliation Process and Kashmir dispute were discussed. COAS said that Pakistan is committed…
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UN chief is set to arrive in Islamabad on Sunday
APP, 15th Feb 2020: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will leave New York for Islamabad over the weekend on his first trip to Pakistan as the world body’s chief during which he will speak at an International Conference on 40 Years of Hosting Afghan Refugees in Pakistan, and meet Prime Minister Imran Khan and other…
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Visit of UN General Secretary and PSL arrangements reviewed
LAHORE, Feb 13 (APP): A meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Law and Order was held in the Civil Secretariat chaired by Provincial Minister for Law, Parliamentary Affairs and Social Welfare Raja Basharat, in which security arrangements about Pakistan Super League (PSL) and the visit of United Nations General Secretary to Lahore and Narowal were…
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Almost 700,000 people displaced in NW Syria since December: UN
UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 12 (Xinhua/APP): The number of people displaced by violence since December in Idlib, northwest Syria, has now reached a record-setting 700,000, a UN spokesman said. “This is the largest number of people displaced in a single period since the Syrian crisis began almost 9 years ago,” said Stephane Dujarric, spokesman for UN…
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UN chief committed to Mideast peace based on pre-1967 borders: Spokesman
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 29 (APP): United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres remains committed to helping Israel and Palestine broker peace on the basis of U.N. resolutions, international law, bilateral agreements and the vision of two states based on borders in place before the 1967 war when the Jewish state seized the West Bank and Gaza, his…
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World powers agree new push for Libya peace
Berlin, Jan 20 (AFP/APP): World leaders committed Sunday to ending all foreign meddling in Libya’s war and to uphold a weapons embargo at a Berlin summit, as part of a broader plan to end the spiralling conflict. The presidents of Russia, Turkey and France were among global chiefs signing up to the plan to stop…
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India’s threatening moves could spin Kashmir situation out of control: Pakistan warns
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 16 (APP): Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said after meeting UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres Wednesday evening that the repressive measures taken by India after annexing Kashmir in August last year have caused heightened tensions and are threatening international peace and security in South Asia. The situation is very delicate and could…
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UN chief makes an urgent appeal for avoiding war in Persian Gulf
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 08 (APP): In the wake of an Iranian ballistic missile attack on air bases which house US forces in Iraq, the UN Secretary-General said on Wednesday he would “continue his active engagement” to de-escalate tensions and avert full-scale war. In a statement released by his spokesperson, Antonio Guterres re-iterated the “passionate appeal…
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UN chief slams ‘horrendous’ Somalia car bomb attack
UNITED NATIONS, Dec 29 (APP):UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has strongly condemned the deadly terrorist attack in Somalia on Saturday, stressing that the perpetrators must be brought to justice. At least 79 people died and scores more were wounded when a car bomb exploded at a busy checkpoint in the capital, Mogadishu. Many of the victims…