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UN chief Guterres cancels Davos trip due to bad cold, spokesperson says

By Thomson Reuters Jan 20, 2026 | 4:39 AM

GENEVA, Jan 20 (Reuters) – The U.N. Secretary-General Antonio ‍Guterres has cancelled his plans to attend the Davos meeting ‌in Switzerland where ‌he was due to deliver a special address, a U.N. ​spokesperson said on Tuesday.

“The ‍Secretary-General has, ​unfortunately, had ​to cancel his ‍participation at the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting in Davos. It ‍was scheduled for tomorrow, but he’s got ‍a ‍bad cold,” ​said U.N. ​spokesperson ⁠Rolando Gomez ‌in response to a reporter’s question.

(Reporting by Emma Farge, editing by Linda ⁠Pasquini)