{"id":20260,"date":"2026-02-21T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=20260"},"modified":"2026-02-21T13:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T07:36:10","slug":"united-nations-secretary-general-calls-on-the-president","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/?p=20260","title":{"rendered":"UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"text-center event-heading-background\">\n<h2 id=\"Titleh2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"Subtitleh3\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"PrDateTime\" class=\"ReleaseDateSubHeaddateTime text-center pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Posted On: 20 FEB 2026 6:09PM by PIB Delhi<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"pt20\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>H.E. Mr.\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations\u00a0called on President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (February 20, 2026).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The President welcomed the\u00a0initiative of Secretary General\u00a0Guterres\u00a0to create a global scientific panel on AI to serve all of humanity.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/PR220022026KBLX.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Secretary General\u00a0Guterres\u00a0appreciated India\u2019s leadership role in convening the successful AI Impact Summit, and its longstanding collaboration with the United Nations in various fields.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The President noted that at a time of global uncertainties, multilateralism is facing major challenges, including a widening trust deficit. She added that the existing outdated framework of the UN Security Council must be reformed to reflect contemporary geo-political realities, and the Global South must have a greater say in decision-making. She emphasized that urgent reform of the UN Security Council is the key to maintaining the relevance and effectiveness of the UN.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.pib.gov.in\/WriteReadData\/userfiles\/image\/PR12002202601QY.JPG\" alt=\"\" \/><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The President noted that while the \u2018UN-80\u2019 initiative offers a good platform for reforms, it is important that developmental priorities of the Global South are protected in any restructuring exercise.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>The President extended her good wishes for the rest of Mr Guterres\u2019 tenure as UN Secretary General, and reiterated India\u2019s full support towards multilateralism.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY GENERAL CALLS ON THE PRESIDENT Posted On: 20 FEB 2026 6:09PM by PIB Delhi H.E. Mr.\u00a0Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, Secretary General of the United Nations\u00a0called on President of India, Smt. Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (February 20, 2026).\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The President welcomed the\u00a0initiative of Secretary General\u00a0Guterres\u00a0to create a global scientific panel on &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20260"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20262,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20260\/revisions\/20262"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theeducationoverview.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}