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18 September 2019
SG/T/3274

Activities of Secretary-General in Bahamas, 13-14 September

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in the Bahamas from New York on Friday afternoon, 13 September.

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18 September 2019
Note No. 6528

United Nations to Highlight Links Between Climate Action, Peace, During International Peace Day Observance, 20 September

The United Nations will celebrate the International Day of Peace on 20 September.  The theme of the 2019 observance, “Climate Action for Peace”, draws attention to the importance of combating climate change as a way to protect and promote peace throughout the world.

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18 September 2019
DSG/SM/1324-DEV/3411-ENV/DEV/1981

Bold Plans, Faster Action Key to Cutting Greenhouse Emissions 45 Per Cent by 2030, Deputy Secretary-General Tells United Nations Development Programme Climate Event

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohamed’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Flagship Climate Progress event, in New York today:

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17 September 2019
SG/SM/19746-GA/12179

Networked, Inclusive Multilateralism Can Help Overcome Challenges of Era, Says Secretary-General, Opening General Assembly Session

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

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17 September 2019
GA/12177-BIO/5254*

Tijjani Muhammad-Bande of Nigeria President of Seventy-Fourth General Assembly

On 4 June 2019, the United Nations General Assembly elected Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Permanent Representative of Nigeria, President of its seventy-fourth session.

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17 September 2019
DSG/SM/1323-ENV/DEV/1980

Stakes to Replace Coal with Clean Energy ‘Much Too High to Be Politically’ Safe, Deputy Secretary-General Warns at Press Briefing Ahead of Climate Action Summit

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohamed’s opening remarks at the press briefing ahead of the 2019 Climate Summit, in New York today:

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17 September 2019
SG/SM/19744

Ambitious Transformation ‘Is Necessary — and Possible’, Says Secretary-General in Video Message to Women, Equity, Global Development Symposium

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Women, Equity, and Global Development Symposium, in Chicago today:

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17 September 2019
SG/SM/19745

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

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17 September 2019
SG/SM/19742

All Must Feel Safe to Practise their Faith, Join Places of Worship in Peace, Secretary-General Tells International Prayer Breakfast

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the thirty-fourth annual prayer breakfast, in New York today:

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17 September 2019
SG/SM/19743-ORG/1697

Dag Hammarskjöld Shaped United Nations as Active Force for Peace, Secretary-General Says, Pledging to Build on Those Aims, at Event Commemorating Predecessor’s Death

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at a wreath‑laying ceremony to commemorate the fifty-eighth anniversary of the death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, in New York today:

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