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UAE minister Lana Nusseibeh addresses the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 2025, at UN headquarters. (AP/Pamela Smith)
October 23, 2026, 5:40 am
UAE nominates diplomat Lana Nusseibeh to be next UN chief, potentially breaking deadlock
Well-regarded Emirati official more likely to secure support from US after six inconclusive rounds of Security Council voting; she would be first female secretary-general and first of Palestinian heritage
By Jacob Magid
Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations, speaks to the press after meeting with Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, February 8, 2024. (AP Photo)
August 22, 2026, 1:43 am
Guyanese ex-FM Birkett leads UN chief race; Costa Rica’s Grynspan falls to 2nd place
Second straw poll favors Guyanese diplomat, while former Costa Rican VP, who would be first Jewish person to lead UN, trails narrowly; UN nuclear watchdog chief Grossi places 3rd
By AFP and ToI Staff
Attendees watch as the six candidates for the United Nations Secretary-General position debate at the UN General Assembly Hall in New York, on July 23, 2026. (Leonardo MUNOZ/AFP)
July 24, 2026, 6:22 am
6 candidates for next leader of UN vow to restore trust in body during TV debate
Rafael Grossi speaks of need ‘to restore this credibility of the UN as a valid interlocutor’; Michelle Bachelet says she won’t bow to pressure from ‘powerful donor countries’
By AFP
US President Donald Trump, left, and FIFA President Gianni Infantino watch confetti fall at the conclusion of the World Cup championship final soccer match between Spain and Argentina in East Rutherford, New Jersey, July 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
July 22, 2026, 6:56 pm
Report: Trump wants FIFA chief Infantino to serve as next UN secretary-general
US president reportedly believes the Swiss soccer boss has the necessary skills to take on the job, but there has been no indication that Infantino is interested
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Rebeca Grynspan at a press conference in San Jose, Costa Rica, October 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jose Diaz)
May 26, 2026, 5:33 pm
Who is Rebeca Grynspan, the Jewish Costa Rican running to head the UN?
Candidate for United Nations secretary-general, who would be first Jew and woman to head the world body, has family in Israel and has led UN office critical of the Jewish state
By Luke Tress
The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, attends the IAEA's Board of Governors meeting at the agency's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, on November 19, 2025. (Joe Klamar / AFP)
November 27, 2025, 2:23 pm
Argentina nominates IAEA chief Grossi for UN secretary-general
Foreign Minister Pablo Quirno says head of UN’s nuclear watchdog is globally recognized for ‘extraordinary work’ on international peace and security
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Seen through a Palestinian flag, people rally in support of the Palestinian UN bid for observer state status, in the West Bank city of Nablus, November 29, 2012. (AP/Nasser Ishtayeh)
April 3, 2024, 8:41 am
Palestinians officially relaunch bid to become United Nations member state
Palestine Liberation Organization seeks recognition as state from world body, which granted it observer status in 2012, but vote on application can be vetoed by US
By Agencies and ToI Staff
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East at UN headquarters in New York on January 23, 2024. (Charly Triballeau/AFP)
January 23, 2024, 11:25 pm
UN chief blasts Israel’s ‘unacceptable’ rejection of two-state solution
Addressing Netanyahu’s assertion that his plans for Israel run ‘contrary to a Palestinian state,’ Secretary-General Guterres warns such rhetoric would ’embolden extremists’
By AFP and ToI Staff
Illustrative: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres makes a statement outside the Security Council at UN headquarters, March 14, 2022. (Richard Drew/AP)
July 18, 2022, 6:09 pm
UN chief warns humanity choosing ‘collective suicide’ with climate change inaction
Secretary-General Gutteres urges developed states to fulfill promises made to poorer countries for climate aid as small islands face ‘catastrophe’
By AP and ToI Staff
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres attends a joint news conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov following the talks in Moscow, Russia, May 12, 2021. (Maxim Shemetov, Pool via AP)
June 18, 2021, 7:24 pm
Guterres reelected UN chief; Erdan urges him to work to end anti-Israel bias
General Assembly unanimously elects Portuguese diplomat to a second four-year term; Guterres calls on nations ‘to do everything we can to overcome current geostrategic divides’
By Edith M. Lederer and ToI Staff
United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) soldiers patrol along the border wall with Israel near the southern Lebanese village of Kfar Kila on December 4, 2018. (Mahmoud Zayyat/AFP)
May 7, 2020, 9:24 am
Israel urges major changes in UN peacekeeping in Lebanon, as it faces Hezbollah
Ambassador Danny Danon insists that peacekeepers have access to all sites in southern Lebanon, questions their purpose without freedom of movement
By Agencies
Former UN secretary-general Kurt Waldheim campaigns for president of Austria at Zistersdorf on April 30, 1986. Documents from the UN, reportedly showing Waldheim's knowledge of Nazi atrocities, were released in May to Israeli officials. (AP Photo/Werner Vollmann)
October 19, 2018, 3:11 pm
In film on Nazi-turned-UN head, director evokes memory of risky postwar populism
Opening Friday, documentary ‘The Waldheim Waltz’ is eerily contemporary, even for those born after the fury surrounding the 1986 election of former Wehrmacht officer Kurt Waldheim
By Jordan Hoffman
Former United Nations (UN) secretary-general Kofi Annan poses during a photo session in Paris, December 11, 2017. (JOEL SAGET/AFP)
August 18, 2018, 2:03 pm
Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80
Nobel peace laureate and celebrated diplomat who worked to focus the world body’s agenda on human rights, passes away after an unspecified illness
By AP and ToI Staff
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres speaks during a press conference after his meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, on June 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Yuri Kadobnov)
June 23, 2018, 7:52 am
UN chief appeals for end to fighting in southern Syria
Guterres calls for return to ceasefire agreement in area near Israeli border, says regime offensive poses ‘significant risks’ to regional security
By AFP
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini addresses a press conference during a Foreign Ministers meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels on March 19, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JOHN THYS)
May 10, 2018, 11:32 pm
EU, British PM back Israel’s right to defend itself from Iranian strikes
UN secretary general urges ‘immediate halt to all hostile acts and any provocative actions’ as Security Council members refuse to call emergency meeting
By AFP and ToI Staff
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