Antonio Guterres

Top Turkish diplomat Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu met on Sept. 17 with U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as the international body prepares to host leaders from across the world next week.

Çavuşoğlu said his meeting with the U.N. chief focused on a number of regional and international issues, including Cyprus, Afghanistan, Libya, Syria, and climate change.

The Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC) criticized the Greek Cypriot administration on Sept. 16, saying it is "violating the diplomatic code of ethics." 

The members sent a letter to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres

It is a moral duty to deliver humanitarian aid to the Afghan people, Turkey's foreign minister said on Sept. 13.

Addressing a high-level U.N. ministerial meeting on the humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, convened by Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu argued that "a humanitarian and security crisis in Afghanistan would have direct implications across the globe."

The United Nations exhorted the world on Monday to raise 6 million for Afghanistan, where poverty and hunger are spiraling since the Taliban took power and billions in foreign aid have dried up amid Western distrust of the Islamist militants.

The United Nations chief warned on Sept. 10 that the world is "moving in the wrong direction" and exhorted nations to take urgent action to fight the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change.

"Covid-19 is a wake-up call, and we are oversleeping," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said at a press conference.

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres pleaded with the international community, during an interview with AFP on Thursday to maintain a dialogue with the Taliban in Afghanistan, warning that an "economic collapse" with possibly millions dying must be avoided.

Mutinous soldiers in the West African nation of Guinea detained President Alpha Conde on Sept. 5 after hours of heavy gunfire rang out near the presidential palace in the capital, then announced on state television that the government had been dissolved in an apparent coup d'etat.

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We are all witnessing the dramatic events affecting Afghanistan and the tragic uncertainty that so many Afghan citizens feel for the future of their country, which currently counts 3 million displaced persons, 550,000 of whom were displaced in 2021.

In response to the coronavirus pandemic, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres had appealed for an immediate global ceasefire