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March 31, 2017

Anti-Israel 'apartheid' report was no secret, despite UN chief's disavowal

A United Nations report that branded Israel an “apartheid state” was available online to U.N. officials months before it was published, according to an email obtained by Fox News -- though top officials only distanced themselves after it caused a firestorm.

March 10, 2017

UN declares renewed war on peacekeeping sex abuse as the number of victims rises

United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres –-just like his predecessor Ban Ki-moon-- is launching all-out war against sexual exploitation and abuse “in all its forms,” especially on U.N peacekeeping and political missions.

February 21, 2017

UN chief says US decision to block Libya envoy was 'serious mistake'

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says that the U.S. decision to block a former Palestinian prime minister from leading the U.N. political mission in Libya was "a serious mistake."

January 11, 2017

Former UN secretary-general's relatives indicted in bribery scheme, feds say

Two relatives of former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon were charged in an indictment unsealed Tuesday with plotting to bribe a Middle East official to influence the $800 million sale of a building complex in Vietnam.

December 12, 2016

UN's new secretary-general sworn in

Former Portuguese prime minister Antonio Guterres was sworn in Monday as Secretary-General of the United Nations, becoming the ninth UN chief in the body's 71-year history.

November 1, 2016

UN chief fires general in South Sudan after harsh report on military

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon fired the commander of the peacekeeping force in South Sudan on Tuesday after an independent investigation sharply criticized the military response to deadly attacks in July on a UN compound housing 27,000 displaced people.

October 13, 2016

Portuguese ex-PM elected next UN secretary-general

The 193 United Nations member states of the General Assembly on Thursday elected Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres as the next secretary-general of the UN.

October 6, 2016

Portuguese ex-PM formally approved by Security Council to lead UN

Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres, who was formally approved on Thursday to be the next U.N. secretary-general, said he faces "huge challenges" and hopes to see unity and consensus during his term.

October 5, 2016

Portugal's ex-PM poised to become next UN Secretary-General

The Security Council unanimously agreed Wednesday that Portugal's former prime minister Antonio Guterres should be the next secretary-general of the United Nations.

September 15, 2016

UN chief demands urgent response to stop North Korea's 'provocative actions'

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday he has never seen tensions on the Korean peninsula as high as they are today and he called on the Security Council to take urgent action to prevent "provocative actions" by North Korea.