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  1. Secretary-General's opening remarks at Town Hall Meeting with Women's Civil Society at the Commission on the Status of Women [as delivered]

    ... Date:  16 March 2022 It is a great pleasure to be here with all of you. The Town Hall during the ... This year’s Commission on the Status of Women comes at a moment where the world is facing emergencies on several fronts.   The war ...

  2. Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Peace [scroll down for French version]

    ... Date:  20 September 2022 Peace is a noble and necessary pursuit, and the only practical pathway to a better, ... méfiance. Et il éloigne les gens les uns des autres à un moment où nous devons être unis, comme une seule famille humaine, afin de ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks to World Leaders Climate Action Summit at COP29 [as delivered]

    ... Celsius. And time is not on our side. Exhibit A: 2024. With the hottest day on record …the hottest months on record ... levels. Unfortunately, they are still growing at the present moment. Now at this COP, you must agree to rules for fair, effective carbon ...

  4. Secretary-General's message on the International Day against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia [scroll down for French verion]

    ... Date:  17 May 2025 It is a tragic truth that violence and discrimination continue to be a part of ... de haine et d’attaques et de voir rogner leurs droits, au moment même où elles risquent de subir les effets dévastateurs des coupes ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks to the Munich Security Conference: Growing the Pie: A Global Order that works for Everyone [as delivered]

    ... Excellencies, Ladies and gentlemen, It’s a pleasure to be here in Munich.   As the title of our discussion implies, ... its implementation. And we need a new Bretton Woods moment to reform the global financial architecture, so that it corresponds to ...

  6. Secretary-General's remarks to Timor-Leste's Parliament

    ... The only thing I can say is that from now on there is a Secretary-General of the United Nations who is both Portuguese and Timorese. ... voice. His courage and determination were decisive at this moment and with which I spoke so many times that night in Lisbon and day in ...

  7. Secretary-General's Press Conference - at the start of the 79th Session of the UN General Assembly

    ... one overriding message today: an appeal to Member States for a spirit of compromise. Show the world what we can do, when we work ... arsenals, and you remember the dramas that we faced in that moment. But at that time, it was true that there was some guardrails, that ...

  8. Secretary-General's special address on climate action "A Moment of Truth" [as delivered]

    ... are also the solution. So, dear friends, We are at a moment of truth. The truth is … almost ten years since the Paris ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks to the Parliament of Lesotho

    ... my country, and this was the function that I exercised for a larger period in my life. And so, with your permission I would like to ... the foundations of justice and solidarity. This is your moment to show the world that from the challenges of today, a new era of hope ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks to the Opening Session of the Fourth CARICOM-SICA Summit [trilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English]

    ... American refugees and asylum-seekers around the world — a 33 per cent increase since 2018. I appreciate your support of the ... climate action. The IPCC report demonstrates that the moment of truth has arrived. We need urgent, transformative efforts to ...