SECRETARY-GENERAL: ‘UN chief decries discriminatory border bans in rebuke to Trump travel decree’, Guardian, 1 February 2017. Also see ‘Secretary-General's statement’, UN News Centre, 31 January 2017
António Guterres, the new UN secretary general, said on Wednesday, in a clear response to the Trump administration's refugee ban, that border policies based on religion, ethnicity or race were "against the fundamental principles and values on which our societies are based". 'UN chief decries discriminatory border bans in rebuke to Trump travel decree', Guardian, 1 February 2017. Also see 'Secretary-General's statement', UN News Centre, 31 January 2017