Antonio Guterres

UN chief says UNRWA nearing 'breaking point', calls for additional funding

Guterres said the agency's liquidity crisis jeopardized its ability to meet its mandate, which was renewed by the General Assembly six months ago with overwhelming member support.

Empty UNRWA and World Food Program trucks head to the Kerem Shalom crossing to collect limited humanitarian aid and fuel, in Khan Yunis, southern Gaza Strip, July 24, 2025
Israeli President Isaac Herzog and his wife Michal Herzog meet with residents of the northern moshav of Netu’a, northern Israel, June 10, 2026.

Grapevine, June 24, 2026: Reliving the nightmare - opinion

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks to delegates during a meeting on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty at UN headquarters in New York City, US, April 27, 2026.

UN warns Israeli settlers could join blacklist for violations against children

United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) peacekeepers and members of the Lebanese army, pictured in Qasmiyeh, Lebanon, April 16, 2026; illustrative.

UN fails to condemn Hezbollah in statement on peacekeeper's death, Israeli ambassador says


Danon to ‘Post’: Guterres’s attitude towards Israel ‘unacceptable’ - interview

Danon told the 'Post that Guterres equates Israel with Hamas, which 'creates a moral equation that puts the victim and the aggressor on the same side'

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres.

UN's Guterres: Israeli strikes in Yemen are 'especially alarming'

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the strike undermines the organization's efforts in Yemen

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres speaks to the media after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, last month.

UN chief says future of Syria up to Syrians, UN will help

Guterres calls for calm during political transition as UN envoy Pedersen describes potential "turning point" after 14 years of conflict.

 UN Sec.-Gen. Antonio Guterres speaks at a Security Council meeting earlier this year. The UN, which was created in part as a response to the horrors of World War II, has singled out Israel in a way that resembles the legal discrimination that led to the persecution of Jews in the 1930s and 1940s.

Banning UNRWA: Historic move or humanitarian crisis in the making? - editorial

Following the landmark Knesset vote, we urge the prime minister to consult with Israel’s allies and convene a panel of experts.

 THE SIGN on UNRWA Headquarters in Gaza City is damaged amid the ongoing war. Says the writer: This UN agency deserves every sanction – it is corrupt, its actions encouraged terror and some of its workers were directly involved in October 7. Yet it provides health, education, etc.

Over 100 Congress members tell Guterres US will slash funding to UN if Israel's status downgrades

The letter, spearheaded by Reps. Mike Lawler (R-NY) and Jared Moskowitz (D-FL) said Congress has taken note of the numerous UN actions "aimed to delegitimize Israel's right to self-defense."

 UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres speaks to the media after visiting the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, last month.

'Complicit in war crimes': FM Katz slams UN's Guterres for mourning UNRWA terrorist

Guterres "has reached new heights of hypocrisy and insensitivity," Katz wrote.

 Foreign Minister Israel Katz slammed UN chief Antonio Guterres.

‘Irrelevant and detached’: Erdan slams Guterres's post following Sinwar assassination

UN chief Guterres faces backlash for tweet on Gaza crisis after Sinwar's death, as well as calling to protect peacekeepers just after Sinwar's bodyguard was revealed as an UNWRA teacher.

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL Antonio Guterres attends a session of the Human Rights Council at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, on February 24.

UNIFIL’s inaction and the West's blind eye - editorial

Hezbollah has been hiding behind UNIFIL for far too long, but European leaders continue to blame Jerusalem.

UNIFIL peacekeepers from the Republic of Korea conduct a vehicle patrol in the vicinity of Tyre, south Lebanon, February 21, 2024.

Guterres’s hypocrisy: Condemning Israel while shielding aggressors - opinion

The UN secretary-general stands, an unwanted figure serving as a diplomatic support to the axis of evil and the great defender of anti-Israeli terror. That is a paradox.

 UNITED NATIONS Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a Security Council meeting last month. He is the last person in the world who still believes that the Palestinians interest the Iranians, the writer maintains.

Israeli forces fire at UN peacekeeper position in Lebanon, two hurt, UN source says

An escalation of conflicts in the Middle East is a serious threat to global security, and everything must be done to avoid all-out war in Lebanon, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

 Members of the United Nations peacekeepers (UNIFIL) look at the Lebanese-Israeli border, as they stand on the roof of a watch tower ‏in the town of Marwahin, in southern Lebanon, October 12, 2023.