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  1. Secretary-General's Remarks to the General Assembly on the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa

    ... on such short notice to address the Ebola outbreak at a time of busy preparations for the new session. We are all aware of the ... the countries and people who have turned to us for help in a moment of critical need. Thank you. ...

  2. Secretary-General's Press Briefing on Policy Brief on Information Integrity on Digital Platforms

    ... to act, declaring AI an existential threat to humanity on a par with the risk of nuclear war.     We must take those warnings ... Integrity on Digital Platforms.     We don’t have a moment to lose.      And I thank you for your attention and for your ...

  3. Secretary-General's opening remarks to High-Level Pledging Event for Yemen [as delivered]

    ... The COVID-19 pandemic is one more deadly threat in a country facing such severe health challenges. For most people, life in ... its enormous consequences immediately. This is not the moment to step back from Yemen. We must equal and surpass the levels of ...

  4. Secretary-General's address to the General Assembly

    ... month ago, in Baghdad, the United Nations itself suffered a brutal and deliberate assault, in which the international community lost some ... we have come to a fork in the road. This may be a moment no less decisive than 1945 itself, when the United Nations was founded. ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks at Security Council Briefing on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace: Strengthening Partnerships for Successful Nationally-owned Transitions [as delivered]

    ... of transition, when our missions are reconfigured or leave a country.     A mission transition is usually the result of progress towards peace. It is a moment of hope, potential and promise; an opportunity to re-engage and ...

  6. Secretary-General's remarks to launch the Special Edition of the Sustainable Development Goals Progress Report [as delivered]

    ... we act now, the 2030 Agenda will become an epitaph for a world that might have been. The COVID-19 pandemic and the triple crisis ... deep reforms. I repeat my call for a new Bretton Woods moment. Developing countries must have a far greater voice in global ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks to Member States on Priorities for 2021 [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English version]

    ... Assembly, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, 2020 was a global annus horribilis – a year of death, disaster and despair. The ... is within our power to fix. COP26 in November will be a moment of truth for climate action. COP15 on biodiversity is a chance to ...

  8. Near verbatim transcript of the Secretary-General's press encounter at the High-Level Pledging Event for the Humanitarian Crisis in Yemen

    ... Today’s pledging conference can be considered a success. The donors have pledged thirty percent more than last year to help ... more important is to end the conflict.  We had an important moment in Stockholm in which it was possible to agree on a ceasefire in Hodeida ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks at the Seton Hall University commencement [as delivered]

    ...   As you reflect on how far you’ve come, let’s take a moment to recognize all those who stood by your side and helped get you here ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks to the opening plenary session at the Brussels Conference on supporting Syrians and the Region

    ... organisations and non-governmental organisations are sending a message of solidarity to the people of Syria, and to all those impacted by ... under our control.    This conference must represent a moment of truth, when the international community takes decisive steps to ...