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  1. Secretary-General’s virtual press encounter to launch the Report on the Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19

    ... The world is facing an unprecedented test.  And this is the moment of truth. Hundreds of thousands of people are falling seriously ill ... places, Societies are in turmoil and economies are in a nose-dive. The International Monetary Fund has reassessed the prospect ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks to the Munich Security Conference: Growing the Pie: A Global Order that works for Everyone 

    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 ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks to World Affairs Council - "From Promises to Progress: Bridging the 'Doing Divide'" [as prepared for delivery]

    ... state leaders and thinkers have been out front building a greener economy, promoting sustainable development, advancing technology, and ... food crisis and climate change.   UN Day is a good moment to step back and reflect on the role of the United Nations in our ...

  4. Secretary-General's press conference prior to the opening of the 75th Session of the General Assembly

    ... virtual, mechanisms.    The COVID-19 pandemic is a crisis unlike any in our lifetimes, and so this year’s General Assembly ... a new collective push for peace.    This is also the moment when the international community needs to come together to defeat the ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks at Security Council debate on the role of the Security Council in humanitarian crises

    ... since in these days we are marking the tenth anniversary of a dark moment in the history of the United Nations. On 11 July 1995 Srebrenica ...

  6. Secretary-General's Press Conference - on 2024 Priorities

    ... focusing on priorities for this year and beyond.  It is a long and detailed agenda – but the varied challenges are connected by a ... global emissions and global temperatures.  We are at a moment of truth – but we have a breakdown of trust.  Trust in ...

  7. Secretary-General's End-of-Year Press Encounter

    ... all happy holidays.     We are coming to the end of a difficult year.     The COVID-19 pandemic raged on.  Inequalities ... before I close.     I want to take profit of this moment to express my deep gratitude to my Chief of Staff, Maria Luiza Viotti, ...

  8. Secretary-General's remarks to the National Assembly of Gabon [scroll down for French]

    ... Good afternoon. Thank you for this warm welcome. What a pleasure to be in your beautiful country of Gabon... As we now call ... people of Africa. This is your time. This is your moment. Your continent is taking its rightful place at the ...

  9. UN Secretary-General's Press Stakeout with Prime Minister Sharif at the International Conference on a climate resilient Pakistan

    ... them,  you have shared your resources with them in a way that is unparalleled in the world.  At the same time, I could ... expressing the full solidarity with Pakistan in this moment of truth.  It is not solidarity, it is justice.  And I think ...

  10. Secretary-General's address to the Los Angeles World Affairs Council [as prepared for delivery]

    ... Gentlemen, Thank you for your warm welcome. It is a pleasure to be making my sixth visit to California as Secretary-General. ... that defy our common humanity, this is also a decisive moment when we can set the world on a safer, better path. Ladies and ...