The transatlantic slave trade is one of the biggest crimes in the history of humankind. And we continue to live in its shadow.
Secretary-General of the United Nations since 2017
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The head of the United Nations since 2017, navigating a world of fractured summits and multiplying crises. Before that: Portugal's prime minister through two terms, then a decade running the UN's refugee agency during some of the largest displacements in modern history.
Born in Lisbon in 1949, António Guterres studied physics and electrical engineering, taught briefly, then pivoted to politics through a Catholic youth group. He led Portugal's Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002 and served as prime minister from 1995 to 2002, winning two elections before resigning after local losses and losing the next general election to José Manuel Barroso. Polls later named him the country's best prime minister in three decades. He chaired the Socialist International, then spent a decade as UN High Commissioner for Refugees from 2005 to 2015, overhauling the agency amid casca…
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The transatlantic slave trade is one of the biggest crimes in the history of humankind. And we continue to live in its shadow.
I have called for an immediate global ceasefire in all corners of the world...
When climate change is running faster than we are, everything must be done to defeat climate change.
Climate change is the defining issue of our time – and we are at a defining moment. We face a direct existential threat.
The greatest shortcoming of the international community today is its failure to prevent conflict and maintain global security.
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