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It is a pleasure to greet the Web Summit.

The COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated our dependence on digital technologies and highlighted the life-saving benefits of connectivity. As societies have locked down and sent people into isolation, Internet access and digital advances have kept people connected and societies running.

É com muito gosto que saúdo a Ordem dos Engenheiros e todos os colegas neste dia tão significativo para os Engenheiros portugueses.

Ao longo de muitas décadas, a Ordem dos Engenheiros tem reunido profissionais de elevado gabarito e tem-se debruçado na contribuição desta profissão para o progresso e o bem-estar da nossa sociedade e do nosso país.

Hoje, o trabalho da Engenharia é essencial na construção de um futuro sustentável, nos esforços no âmbito da ação climática e em muitos aspetos do combate à pandemia da covid-19.

It is a pleasure to greet this important meeting of the Lisbon Forum of the North-South Centre of the Council of Europe.  I am proud to have been a member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and, as Secretary-General, I treasure the Council’s partnership with the United Nations. 

I am pleased to greet your conference on “Partnerships for Sustainable Development”.
 
From the climate emergency to biodiversity loss to poverty, hunger and inequality, the world’s most pressing challenges can only be addressed if we work together.  
 
To achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, we need communities, civil society, academia, the private sector and the international community to collaborate and contribute to their fullest potential.
 

It is a pleasure to greet this Euro-African Forum, focused on the power of diasporas to connect people and advance prosperity. 
 
The United Nations continues to deepen partnerships with Africa. 
 
We are working together to advance the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Africa’s Agenda 2063, to combat climate change and to promote peace and development.