UN Secretary General António Guterres. File photo UN, May 16. UN Secretary-General António Guterres has not contacted North Korean leader Kim Jong-un over the outbreak of coronavirus in the republic, the World Organization is ready to provide assistance to Pyongyang, spokesman for the Secretary-General Stephane Dujarric said at a briefing. No, there were no contacts, as far as I know, between the secretary general and the leader of the DPRK,” Dujarric said. “We are trying to get information from our humanitarian colleagues about whether something can be done. We are still at the disposal of the authorities in Pyongyang with in order to provide any assistance that we can provide,» he said.
