Antonio Guterres

UN chief deeply regrets Iran peace talks fell through, cannot confirm Khamenei's death

Later, Iran's Ambassador to the UN Amir-Saeid Iravani said that the country was "exercising its inherent and lawful right of self-defense," in response to "aggression and large-scale war."

FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is seen on a screen as he speaks during a press conference outlining his priorities for 2026 at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 29, 2026
The United Nations Security Council meets on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York City, on February 18.

My Word: Guterres and the gutless United Nations

German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun address the media during a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon, February 16, 2026.

Lebanon shows that Europe’s security model is outdated - opinion

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses delegates during a high-level meeting of heads of state on a two-state solution between Israel and the Palestinians at United Nations headquarters in New York City, U.S., September 22, 2025.

UN Chief Guterres condemns Gov't decision to reopen land registry in West Bank, calling it illegal


UNRWA accuses Israel of cutting off aid convoys to northern Gaza Strip

"The UN must scale up logistics and stop blaming Israel for its own failures," COGAT wrote on X.

 Displaced Palestinians wait to receive United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) aid, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas, in Rafah, in the southern Gaza Strip, March 7, 2024

UN chief visits Gaza border in new plea for ceasefire, starting with Egypt

Aid donations have reportedly been on standby in Egypt's northern Sinai

 UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks at the opening of the Third South Summit (G77+China) in Kampala, Uganda on Sunday. The UN is not only morally bankrupt, but also utterly ineffective in fulfilling its mission, the writer argues.

Guterres to visit Egyptian border as Israel says Rafah invasion is imminent

Guterres will later travel to Jordan where he will visit UNRWA facilities and have a Ramadan Iftar with Palestinian refugees and UN staff in Amman. 

 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

Katz to Guterres: You're biased on Oct. 7 because victims were Jewish

The UN Secretary-General is under fire by Katz, saying that the UN didn't respond properly to the October 7 massacre and invasion because the victims are Jewish.

 United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres exits the press room after speaking at the United Nations prior to a meeting about the ongoing conflict in Gaza, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, U.S., November 6, 2023

Israel Katz to join UNSC debate on Hamas’s Oct. 7 sexual violence on Monday

On Friday morning, the Foreign Ministry reported that three permanent members of the UNSC—the US, France, and the UK—had requested an emergency session on the matter.

 srael's Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan attends a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the conflict between Israel and Hamas on November 10, 2023

Amb. Erdan 'on the plane back to Israel for consultations,' FM Katz says

Katz cites the refusal of the UN Security Council to discuss the reports of Hamas's sexual abuse * Liberman galls Guterres a "hypocritical and antisemitic man."

 Israel Katz

UN chief deplores 'paralysis and deadlock' at global disarmament body

The Conference was established in 1979 and is overseen by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA). It has 65 member states, including the United States, China and Russia.

 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres waits for the arrival of French Foreign and European Affairs Minister Stephane Sejourne before a meeting of the United Nations Security Council on the crisis in the Gaza Strip at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., January 23, 2024.

Security Council 'perhaps fatally' undermined by Gaza, Ukraine deadlock, says UN chief

Guterres said the UN Security Council often found itself deadlocked and "unable to act on the most significant peace and security issues of our time."

 UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres holds a press conference, ahead of G20 Summit in New Delhi, India, September 8, 2023.

Taliban delegation refuses to attend UN mediation talks, sets 'unreasonable' demands

The Taliban declined an invitation to a UN meeting, which was meant to find a solution to Afghanistan's dire situation and foster the Talibans relationship with the international community.

 TALIBAN FORCES patrol in front of  Hamid Karzai International Airport  in Kabul, Afghanistan, September 2

Ohana cancels meeting with UN Secretary General after criticisms of Israel

When asked by members of the Hostage and Missing Families Forum what he would do if he were PM of Israel, Guterres claimed he would prioritize the release of hostages.

 Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana is seen at a discussion and a vote on the reasonableness standard bill at the assembly hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, in Jerusalem on July 23, 2023.