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The United Nations Security Council begins informal, closed-door straw polls to gauge support for seven candidates from Africa and Latin America seeking to succeed António Guterres as UN Secretary-General, with no clear frontrunner and multiple rounds possible through the summer into fall.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres visited Haiti amid escalating gang violence, meeting interim authorities and residents in a makeshift shelter and urging international support to restore security and hold elections.
The United Nations says it is awaiting how much of nearly $4 billion in arrears the United States will pay toward its regular budget and peacekeeping, with Washington planning a significant down payment in coming weeks but the final amount undetermined; U.N. Secretary‑General Antonio Guterres warned of a potential financial crunch if dues aren’t paid, noting the U.S. accounts for about 95% of arrears to the regular budget and Venezuela is second, as roughly 60 countries had paid by Feb. 8.
UN secretary-general António Guterres calls for transforming the global economy to value environmental health and human wellbeing over GDP, arguing current accounting incentivizes pollution and inequality; a UN panel is developing a dashboard that complements GDP with metrics on sustainability and equity as post‑growth, degrowth and related ideas gain policy traction.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres emphasized the importance of China's support for multilateralism during a meeting with President Xi Jinping in Tianjin, highlighting China's role as a key pillar in the global system amid challenges to multilateral efforts.
UN Secretary-General Guterres urges diplomacy and an immediate ceasefire following US military strikes on Iran's nuclear sites, warning of a dangerous cycle of destruction in the region.
The Taliban declined an invitation to a UN-sponsored meeting in Doha, setting conditions that were deemed unacceptable by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, including restrictions on engaging with other Afghan representatives and demands resembling recognition. The meeting aimed to address various issues in Afghanistan, but the Taliban's absence highlighted the ongoing international dispute over the bans on female education and employment. Guterres emphasized the need to revoke these restrictions and called for clear consultations with the Taliban to address concerns and create a coordinated approach to engaging with the de facto authorities of Afghanistan.
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for the reform of the UN Security Council and the global financial system to reflect the current world order. Guterres criticized the outdated and unfair global financial architecture, which has failed to act as a global safety net during the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The UN Security Council has also come under fire for its ineffectiveness due to Russia's veto power.