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(L-R) Turkish Cypriot leader Mustafa Akinci, UN chief Ban Ki-Moon, Greek Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades and Special Adviser to the UN Secretary-General on Cyprus Espen Barth pose at the start of Cyprus Peace Talks on November 7, 2016 in Mont Pelerin, Western Switzerland. AFP

Ban Says Cyprus Reunification Deal within Reach

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Nov 7, 2016 | World

A lasting peace deal to reunite the divided island of Cyprus is within reach, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday, as he opened peace talks between rival leaders from the country. Ban is hosting make-or-break negotiations between Greek Cypriot leader Nicos...

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U.N. Secretary-General-designate, Mr. Antonio Guterres of Portugal (C), acknowledges applause after speaking in front of the U.N. General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S. October 13, 2016. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Newly Appointed U.N. Secretary General: Diversity can bring us together, not drive us apart

by Jordan Dakamseh | Oct 14, 2016 | World

New York – Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is set to start a five-year term as U.N. secretary general in January as the U.N. General Assembly unanimously appointed him on Thursday as Ban Ki-moon’s successor. The 193-member assembly passed a...

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Ex-U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres speaks in
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Guterres … Exceptional Secretary-General

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 9, 2016 | Profiles

London-Former Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Guterres, 10th U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, has been selected as the new United Nations Secretary-General to succeed Ban Ki-moon. Observers at the U.N. headquarters in New York expected the appointment of...

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File: A blindfolded man waits to be hanged in public as two police officers look on in Shiraz, Iran, April 16, 2011. (AP/Mehr News Agency/Mohammad Hadi Khosravi)

Ban Ki-moon Alarmed over Lack of Human Rights in Iran

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2016 | World

London – U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon criticized the little progress achieved by Iran in improving human rights under President Hassan Rouhani’s tenure, stressing that he was “deeply troubled” by the “alarming rate of executions” and arbitrary arrests and...

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Antonio Guterres, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), arrives for a news conference at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland December 18, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse/File photo

Portugal’s Guterres Set to be U.N.’s Next Secretary General

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Oct 6, 2016 | World

New York-Portugal’s former Prime Minister Antonio Guterres is poised to become the successor of South Korea’s Ban Ki-moon in leading the United Nations following a decisive vote by the Security Council on Wednesday. But the council will undertake a formal vote...