Oct 5, 2016
News, United Nations
Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie Pitt, Antonio Guterres, Candid photos, candidate, EuropaNewswire, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees, GA71, General Assembly, High Commissioner, Luiz Rampelotto, meetings, Secretary-General, Security Council, UN, UNHCR, united nations
Antonio Guterres, former UN High Commissioner for Refugees and candidate for the position of next United Nations Secretary-General attended the UN International Prayer Breakfast today at the UN Headquarters in New York. Antonio Guterres – Photo by Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire United Nations, October 05 2016 The United Nations (UN) Security Council has unanimously endorsed Antonio Guterres to lead the Organization for the next five years. After six straw polls, Guterres received no “discourage” votes from the pool of 13 candidates originally campaigning to become the next UN Secretary-General. This was the first time in the organization’s history that the selection process [Read More]
Apr 24, 2015
Celebrities
Angelina Jolie, Angelina Jolie Pitt, Antonio Guterres, Celebrities, celebrity, Goodwill Ambassador, High Commissioner, Politics, Refugees, Security Council, Syria, UN, UNHCR, united nations
United Nations, New York, USA, April 24 2015 – Angelina Jolie Pitt (right), Special Envoy of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), addresses the Security Council meeting on the continuing conflict in Syria and the attendant humanitarian and refugee crises. At her side is the High Commissioner, Antonio Guterres. On the Photo: Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie and UNHCR High Commissioner, Antonio Guterres Credit: Luiz Rampelotto/EuropaNewswire Actor Angelina Jolie, a UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) Special Envoy, said the United Nations is failing to end the conflict in Syria. Speaking at a Security Council meeting on the Humanitarian situation in [Read More]