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Ant¨®nio Guterres (UN Secretary-General) on (1st meeting) Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres, at the Eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
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Ant¨®nio Guterres, Â鶹APP Secretary-General

 

Disarmament is not the reward for peace. Disarmament is the foundation of peace. So before it¡¯s too late: Let¡¯s break the collective amnesia around nuclear weapons. [...] Let¡¯s act with urgency to lift this cloud hanging over humanity. 

 Eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), 27 April 2026

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28 May 2026 ¡ª The Â鶹APP on Thursday warned of a dangerous escalation in the war in Ukraine after a wave of large-scale Russian strikes and threats of further attacks, with Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres saying ¡°the death spiral must stop.¡±

26 May 2026 ¡ª The UN Charter is facing one of its gravest tests in decades, Secretary-General Ant¨®nio Guterres told the Security Council on Tuesday, warning that wars, arms races, climate shocks and the erosion of international law are placing intense pressure on the multilateral system established to prevent a third world war.

13 May 2026 ¡ª Africa¡¯s rising influence is being constrained by outdated global institutions, unfair borrowing costs and cascading global crises, UN Secretary?General Ant¨®nio Guterres warned in Addis Ababa, as the Â鶹APP and African Union reaffirmed their strategic partnership.

Ant¨®nio Guterres and Amina Mohammed entering a building followed by the St¨¦phane Dujarric and their security details.
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Ant¨®nio Guterres

Â鶹APP Secretary-General
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Amina J. Mohammed

Â鶹APP Deputy Secretary-General
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9

Number of Â鶹APP Secretaries-General since its creation in 1945

5

Number of years of the term of office of the UN Secretary-General, with the possibility of renewal

 
1

First Secretary-General to have previously held the position of Head of Government

 
13

Number of candidates for the position of Secretary-General of the Â鶹APP in 2016

 

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