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  1. Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Meeting on the 30th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Declaration on Rights of Persons Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities [Bilingual as delivered; scroll down for English]

    ... 21 September 2022 We are celebrating a landmark moment – thirty years since the adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of ...

  2. Secretary-General's briefing to the General Assembly on Priorities for 2023 [scroll down for bilingual, as-delivered; all-English and all-French versions]

    ... Excellencies, One month ago, we turned the calendar on a new year.   But just days ago, another clock turned – the so-called ... transformation.  It is time for a new Bretton Woods momentA new commitment to place the dramatic needs of developing ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the Summit of the Future's Action Days [bilingual as delivered, scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... – which kicked-off yesterday with the youth-led afternoon. A day full of ideas, energy, hope and expectation – and a perfect reminder of ... To renew the international system: so that it meets the moment, and is fit for the future. We need multilateralism that is more ...

  4. Secretary-General's press encounter in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    ... session. But this visit goes beyond the participation in a Summit. It’s a visit in which I would like to pay a few tributes and to ... has proven unable to support these countries in this moment of distress. To make things worse, with the war in Ukraine and with ...

  5. Secretary-General's Remarks at the Ohel-Jakob synagogue

    ... moved by visiting the Munich synagogue. Munich was a city where Nazism developed in a very dramatic way, in its early stages. I ... these forms of persecution, but of course, the horrible moment of the Portuguese history in relation to the Jewish community was the ...

  6. Secretary-General's remarks to the World Economic Forum [as delivered]

    ... released last week, the world is emerging from the depths of a paralyzing economic crisis. But recovery remains fragile and uneven amid ... all countries without being biased.  At this critical moment, we are setting in stone a lopsided recovery. More than eight out of ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, nuclear weapons still represent a clear and present danger to global peace and security. When I launched ... — and the Pact that will emerge — will be an important moment for the world to gather around concrete reforms to the global ...

  8. Secretary-General's press conference at Ocean Conference [scroll down for French]

    ... 2025 Good morning,   We are in Nice on a mission – save the ocean, to save our future.   That was my ... remaining nations to join swiftly.   We do not have a moment to lose.   Finally, on seabed mining, we have a collective ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly debate on Debt Sustainability and Socio-Economic Equality for All [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... Week.   Today’s topic cuts to the heart of a sustainable future: debt.   For developing countries, a world of debt ... period, multilateral mechanisms have failed to meet the moment.     The Debt Service Suspension Initiative was too limited in ...

  10. Secretary-General's press encounter at COP29

    ... to instruct their ministers and negotiators to secure a compromise, to secure the success of the COP, and to secure a new ambitious ... a number? Answer: I do believe that we are coming to a moment of truth. And when we come to a moment as truth, I think it's important ...