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UN Photo/Evan Schneider" title="Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in Myanmar. UN Photo/Evan Schneider" /> <p><strong>UN Photo/Evan Schneider</strong> Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on the situation in Myanmar.</p> </div> </a> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/04/1161841"> <h3>Myanmar: UN chief calls for urgent access as quake toll mounts</h3> </a> <p>The UN chief called for immediate and unrestricted humanitarian access to Myanmar, where last week’s devastating earthquakes claimed over 3,000 lives and left millions in urgent need of aid. Speaking to reporters at UN Headquarters in New York, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that the earthquake has “supercharged the suffering”. “Myanmar today is the scene of utter devastation and desperation,” he said.</p> </div> </div> <div class="item row" data-dot="2"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161666"> <div class="col-md-8"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.un.org/sg/sites/www.un.org.sg/files/images/slider/English/01-04-2025-UN71091820-Guterres.jpg" width="1150" height="505" alt="Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on recent developments in South Sudan. UN Photo/Evan Schneider" title="Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on recent developments in South Sudan. UN Photo/Evan Schneider" /> <p><strong>UN Photo/Evan Schneider</strong> Secretary-General António Guterres briefs reporters on recent developments in South Sudan.</p> </div> </a> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161666"> <h3>‘Perfect storm’ in South Sudan demands urgent action, says Guterres</h3> </a> <p>Secretary-General António Guterres warned of a rapidly deteriorating crisis in South Sudan, calling for urgent dialogue, the immediate release of detained officials and renewed commitment to the 2018 peace agreement. “All the dark clouds of a perfect storm have descended upon the people of the world’s newest country – and one of the poorest,” Mr. Guterres told reporters at UN Headquarters in New York. After finally gaining independence from neighbouring Sudan in July 2011, civil war broke out in South Sudan in December 2013.</p> </div> </div> <div class="item row" data-dot="3"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161481"> <div class="col-md-8"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.un.org/sg/sites/www.un.org.sg/files/images/slider/English/01-04-2025-Guterres.jpg" width="1150" height="505" alt="Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the meeting to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. UN Photo/Manuel Elías" title="Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the meeting to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. UN Photo/Manuel Elías" /> <p><strong>UN Photo/Manuel Elías</strong> Secretary-General António Guterres addresses the meeting to commemorate the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.</p> </div> </a> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161481"> <h3>Crimes of the transatlantic slave trade ‘unacknowledged, unspoken and unaddressed’</h3> </a> <p>The transatlantic slave trade may have ended centuries ago but its legacy is ever present, the UN Secretary-General said, marking the International Day of Remembrance for its victims. Addressing the General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres warned that systemic racism, economic exclusion and racial violence continue to deny people of African descent the opportunity to thrive. He called on governments to acknowledge the truth and finally honour the trade’s legacy by taking action. </p> </div> </div> <div class="item row" data-dot="4"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161291"> <div class="col-md-8"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.un.org/sg/sites/www.un.org.sg/files/images/slider/English/20-03-2025-UN-Guterres-01.jpg" width="1150" height="505" alt="Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and President Antonio Costa of the European Council brief reporters in Belgium. Photo: UN Brussels" title="Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and President Antonio Costa of the European Council brief reporters in Belgium. Photo: UN Brussels" /> <p><strong>UN Brussels</strong> Secretary-General António Guterres (left) and President Antonio Costa of the European Council brief reporters in Belgium.</p> </div> </a> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161291"> <h3>Guterres welcomes deals to halt energy attacks in Ukraine, Russia</h3> </a> <p>UN chief António Guterres hailed positive announcements from the White House, Kremlin and Kyiv aimed at stopping crippling attacks on energy infrastructure in Ukraine and Russia, linked to Russia’s full-scale invasion of its neighbour. “Any ceasefire is welcome because it saves lives, but it is essential that a ceasefire paves the way for a just peace in Ukraine,” the UN Secretary-General said in Brussels, where he also addressed the massive Israeli escalation in Gaza and urged the world not to give up on slowing climate change.</p> </div> </div> <div class="item row" data-dot="5"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161226"> <div class="col-md-8"><img typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" src="https://www.un.org/sg/sites/www.un.org.sg/files/images/slider/English/18-03-2025-UN-Photo-Guterres-Cyprus-1150.jpg" width="1150" height="505" alt="Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) gathers with other participants of a meeting in Geneva focused on Cyprus. UN Photo/Violaine Martin" title="Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) gathers with other participants of a meeting in Geneva focused on Cyprus. UN Photo/Violaine Martin" /> <p><strong>UN Photo/Violaine Martin</strong> Secretary-General António Guterres (centre) gathers with other participants of a meeting in Geneva focused on Cyprus.</p> </div> </a> <div class="col-md-4"> <a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161226"> <h3>Cyprus talks show ‘new atmosphere’ between divided island’s leaders: Guterres</h3> </a> <p>UN-led efforts to kick-start talks on the divided Mediterranean island of Cyprus have resulted in agreements on new trust-building measures. There’s a positive “new atmosphere” surrounding the discussions, Secretary-General António Guterres said. 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