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The UN May Have no Money to Pay for Staff Salaries Next Month
The UN may not have enough money to pay its staff next month if member states fail to pay their dues, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.
"This month, we will reach the deepest deficit of the decade. We risk ... entering November without enough cash to cover payrolls," Guterres told the UN General Assembly budget committee. "Our work and our reforms are at risk.", he said.
UN chief to visit Turkey for mediation conference
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres will visit the Turkish metropolis of Istanbul next month to attend a mediation conference.
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UN chief announces creation of Syria constitutional committee
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced on Sept. 23 the formation of a body to write a new constitution for Syria following more than eight years of war devastated the country and its population.
PKK’s Syrian offshoot recruits minors: UN
The outlawed PKK's offshoot taking part in the Syrian civil war - the YPG - has recruited at least 313 minors and used schools for military purposes, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has said in a report to the U.N. Security Council.
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Bulgarian PM Borisov Talked with the UN Secretary-General
Prime Minister Boyko Borisov expressed his full support for UN Secretary General Antony Guterres' ambition to become the leader in achieving climate-neutral levels of emissions by 2050, the government's press service said.
UN chief presses on with bid to re-start Cyprus talks
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the Security Council on April 16 that he is pressing on with a bid to re-start negotiations on reuniting Cyprus, nearly two years after talks collapsed.
UN: 2018 was the most Negative for the Climate
The past 2018 was the most negative in history in terms of climate change. This was stated by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, quoted by TASS.
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UN: Human Rights Around the World are in Retreat
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressed deep concern at rising xenophobia, racism and intolerance, and warned that human rights are losing ground in the world, the Associated Press reported.
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Jeffrey Sachs to give lecture at Cyprus Institute
World-renowned professor of economics Jeffrey Sachs is in Cyprus to deliver the 2019 Hubert Curien Memorial Lecture at the Cyprus Institute. The lecture starts at 6.30 p.m. and live streaming will be available on the Cyprus Institute's YouTube channel. The title of the lecture is "Eudaimonia in the 21st Century: Looking to Aristotle for New Solutions."
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UN chief backs Turkey's legitimate security concerns
Turkey has justifiable security interests in northeastern Syria, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said Jan. 18 amid calls for a buffer zone the area.