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  1. Secretary-General's remarks at COP29 High-Level event on delivering early warnings for all [as delivered]

    ... using science and data to boost resilience; and limiting global temperature rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius – to stop the problem getting ... seizing this opportunity. And I am grateful for the leadership of: the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction; the World ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Afghanistan [as delivered]

    ... Liquidity has evaporated. Sanctions and mistrust by the global banking system have frozen nearly $9 billion in central bank assets. ... of Afghanistan, I make an equally urgent plea to the Taliban leadership to recognize and protect the fundamental human rights that every ...

  3. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Qatar Foundation: “Towards the Second World Social Development Summit 2025: Reinforcing global efforts to achieve the 2030 Agenda" [as prepared for delivery]

    ... sovereign debt architecture, and a commitment to reform the global financial architecture, so it provides developing countries with the ... of accelerating progress towards the SDGs. With the leadership of the Government of Qatar, and key partners such as the Qatar ...

  4. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the World Assembly of Local and Regional Governments [as prepared for delivery]

    ... and people´s lives. You stand on the receiving end of a global financial crisis, massive debt burdens, dampened liquidity, and rising ... of creating SDG impact at the local level.   Local leadership is already driving transformative change. By tackling the ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on the Maintenance of International Peace and Security [trilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-english]

    ... the report on Our Common Agenda. The Agenda calls on the global community to work as one — in solidarity, as a human family — to ... thought. To the exclusion of women from positions of leadership and in peace processes. That’s why the United Nations ...

  6. Secretary-General's video message to the "Sagarmatha Sambaad" - Everest Dialogue

    ... worldwide.  That is why last year from Nepal, I sent a global message to the world: stop the madness.  And that is why you are ... The world has much to learn from Nepal’s climate leadership. From your local adaptation plan of action; To pioneering ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks to Small Island Developing States Summit at COP29 [as delivered]

    ... the few. The G20 account for around eighty per cent of global emissions. And it is an injustice that must end. Your nations ... you: Use your moral authority to demand action. Demand leadership. And demand your justice. Time is of the essence. Together, ...

  8. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the Opening of the Eighteenth Session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [as delivered]

    ... change. Progress requires investment. Yet today, global support for disability inclusion has been cut in half – falling from ... years of school, earn half as much income, and hold fewer leadership roles. Indigenous women and girls with disabilities face greater ...

  9. Secretary-General's press encounter on the UN80 Initiative

    ... and programme realignment in the UN System. Under the leadership of the President of the General Assembly, I will consult closely and ... this time? And can we also get your reaction to the growing global trade war? SG: First of all, in relation to the ceasefire, we of ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony and the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... I thank her and all peacekeepers for their service, leadership, and commitment to the Women, Peace and Security agenda.  And I ... observers to the Middle East in 1948 has grown to be a global force for peace. Today, more than 76,000 women and men from 121 ...