UN Secretary-General

UN Secretary-General

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Guterres meets Khalilur ahead of UNGA 81 opening

The meeting took place at UN Headquarters in New York.

From top left, clockwise: Senegal's President Macky Sall attends the opening of BioNTech's mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Kigali, Rwanda, on 18 December 2023; then-UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet attends her final news conference in Geneva, Switzerland, on 25 August 2022; former Costa Rican Vice President Rebeca Grynspan speaks at a news conference announcing her nomination for UN secretary-general in San Jose, Costa Rica, on 8 October 2025; and IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi speaks at a press conference in Seoul, South Korea, on 15 April 2026. TBS Collage

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File photo: UN Secretary-General António Guterres/ Reuters

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Javier Perez de Cuellar, 75, who served as United Nations is pictured in this 1995 file photo/ Reuters

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