On June 23, 2026, UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a strong call for more decisive global action against climate change caused by fossil fuels, in order to prevent irreversible damage
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António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

We can finally turn the page on fossil fuels – and write a future powered by renewables and rooted in climate justice. This is our moment of choice.  Our moment of truth.  Our moment of opportunity.  Let’s seize it. 

NPT Review Conference (2026)

Secretary-General António Guterres, at the Eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT)
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António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

 

Disarmament is not the reward for peace. Disarmament is the foundation of peace. So before it’s too late: Let’s break the collective amnesia around nuclear weapons. [...] Let’s act with urgency to lift this cloud hanging over humanity. 

2026-02-23 - HRC (EN)

António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

 

I leave you with this appeal: Do not let the erosion of human rights become the accepted price of political expediency or geopolitical competition. Do not let power write a new rulebook in which the vulnerable have no rights and the powerful have no limits. [...] Because a world that protects human rights protects itself.

SG's priorities 2026 (EN)

Secretary-General António Guterres delivers his report on the work of the Organization and his priorities for 2026 during the 70th plenary meeting of the General Assembly.
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António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General

 

Let’s never forget who we are and what we represent.

The United Nations is a living promise – a promise that despite our differences, we will solve problems together.

Let’s keep that promise.

Let’s never give up. 

War in Ukraine: Response and Diplomacy

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War in Ukraine: Response and Diplomacy

Secretary-General Inspects Ukraine’s Grain Export in Istanbul, August 2022

SG calls for immediate cessation of hostilities and engages in Black Sea Grain Initiative diplomacy.