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In a bid to scale up investment efforts to reach sustainable development targets, the UN Secretary General last week launched a UN-supported coalition of 30 world business leaders, including Moroccan businesswoman Miriem Bensalah-Chaqroun. The Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance (GISD) is tasked with providing decisive leadership in mobilizing resources for sustainable development, with the […]
The UN Secretary-General said he was “outraged” by the “barbaric” attack on Sobanou-Kou village in central Mali that killed at least 95 civilians, including women and children, and injured many others. Antonio Guterres also “strongly” condemned the attack and called on the Malian authorities “to investigate this tragedy”, according to a statement issued by […]
The UN mission in Libya (UNSMIL) has urged all parties to observe humanitarian truce in the suburbs of Tripoli to evacuate civilians and those wounded following the military offensive launched by General Khalifa Haftar of Eastern Libya to take control of the capital. UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres condemned on Monday the military escalation and ongoing […]
Chairperson of the African Union Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat has reaffirmed the African Union’s full backing to the decision adopted by the African summit of Nouakchott on the Sahara and UN efforts made to reach a mutually acceptable political solution to this regional conflict. The report submitted by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to the Security […]
The resolution of the Sahara conflict would require “strong political will, not just from the parties and neighboring states, but also from the international community”, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday in his report to the Security Council. “A solution to the conflict is possible”, he stressed in his report that takes into account the […]
King Mohammed VI received, Tuesday afternoon, at the Royal Palace of Rabat, the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterres. The two men discussed several topical issues, including the intergovernmental Conference on migration, the situation in the Maghreb region and the African continent, and the Moroccan Sahara. When touching on the Sahara issue in light of the […]
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who took part in the Intergovernmental Conference that adopted Monday in Marrakech the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration welcomed the adoption of the pact, saying that it was high time the international community came to a more realistic understanding over global migration. Ms. Merkel warned that the “go […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged all parties involved in the Sahara regional conflict to engage “in good faith, without preconditions and in a constructive spirit in the discussions” to be held at the Geneva meeting this December 5-6. A statement released Tuesday by spokesman of the UN chief said the Secretary-General welcomed the […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres estimated at 90,000 the population held against their will in the Polisario-run camps in south-western Algeria, a figure that is much lower compared to the inflated count put forward by the separatists and their mentor. In a report to the Security Council, Guterres said the UN Humanitarian Agencies have continued […]
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres asked the Security Council to extend for one year the mandate of the UN mission in the Sahara (MINURSO) in order to back the negotiation process. “I recommend that the Security Council extends MINURSO mandate for another year until October 31 in order to give my Envoy enough time to […]