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  1. Secretary-General's remarks at the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony

    ... understand the full dimension of all that happened here. As a young boy, I lived through the Korean War. One of my earliest memories is ... Nations –and put forward a five-point plan. Our moment has come. Everywhere, we find new friends and allies. We see new ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks to the Memorial Ceremony in honour of those killed in the Haiti earthquake

    ... world, from all walks of life. Yet they shared a common conviction, a belief in a better future for the people of Haiti, and a ... forget you. We will carry on your work. In a moment we will read out their names, the roll call of highest honour. ...

  3. Secretary-General's Remarks at Closing Ceremony for the United Nations Integrated Peacebuilding Office in Sierra Leone {as delivered)

    ... of the UN Integrated Peacebuilding Office. This is a triumph for the people of Sierra Leone. The UN is proud to have ... were not thinking about the past. They were living for the moment and planning for the future. Each one of them was a champion. ...

  4. Secretary-General's Statement to the Inaugural Meeting of Judges of the International Criminal Court

    ... Gentlemen, It has taken mankind many years to reach this moment. By the solemn undertaking they have given here in open court, ... to judge the main perpetrators. Those tribunals established a principle of vital importance: that those who take part in gross violations ...

  5. Secretary-General's lecture at Hamad Bin Khalifa University

    ... myself, what am I going to talk about? And then all of a sudden I decided it would probably be best to confront you, on the one hand, ... an agreement and the funny thing is that the last difficult moment of the Katowice Agreement was solved here in Qatar. There was a problem ...

  6. Secretary-General's remarks at the launch of the Emissions Gap 2021 Report Press Conference

    ... of countries around the world, we are indeed on track for a catastrophic global temperature rise of around 2.7 degrees Celsius.     ... the possibility of reaching 1.5 degrees. So, this is a moment of truth, and I will be joining the G20 next weekend, and I will be ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks to Parliament of Uruguay

    ... I have been looking forward to this visit for a long time. I know that there is no official religion in Uruguay. ... people are raising their voices in a once-in-a-generation moment for freedom and democracy and greater liberty and participatory ...

  8. Secretary-General's remarks to Global Forum on Migration and Development [delivered by Peter Sutherland, Special Representative for Migration and Development]

    ... had wanted to attend in person, and have previously made it a priority to participate in this Global Forum, because I attach such great ... past six years. You are here because this is a new, decisive moment in addressing this issue. In just one year, the General Assembly ...

  9. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Building Bridges Summit [as delivered]

    ... guests, Colleagues in the room, Friends, It is a real pleasure to be with you today at this Summit to kickstart Building ... point is clear: we are at a breakdown or breakthrough moment. But while investments in the SDGs are attracting more money than ...

  10. Note to Correspondents - Briefing to the Security Council on Syria by Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura [as delivered]

    ... news of the government of Syria declared an offensive of now a de facto besieged eastern Aleppo.  And it came on the footsteps of two ... verify them but these are the figures we are seeing at the moment: 213 fatalities in Aleppo province, 139 fatalities in eastern Aleppo, 74 ...