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  1. Note to Correspondents: Transcript of 10 a.m. press briefing by UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura

    ... SdeM: The first thing I would like to say is, on behalf of the Secretary-General and of my own team, express our condolences and those ... to express our own sadness about it. Let me qualify a little bit now the talks, and then give you some indications about ... rhetoric will try to cast iron preconditions, but this is a moment of truth, and hopefully proactive chance. We [the UN] are ...

  2. Secretary-General's Tribute to Alec Collett [read by Nicholas Haysom, Director, Political, Peacekeeping and Humanitarian Affairs, Executive Office of the Secretary-General]

    ... and honour his service and sacrifice. We also take this moment to share his family's loss and to help bring closure to a long period of anguish and uncertainty. Alec Collett was evidently ...

  3. Highlight 08 February 2024

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

  4. The Secretary-General's address at the International Charlemagne Prize of Aachen for the Unity of Europe [as delivered, multilingual] [scroll down for all-English version]

    ... y Señores,  En primer lugar, quiero dar las gracias a Su Majestad el Rey Felipe VI de España por su presencia aquí hoy y sus ... in the Charter of Fundamental rights.     This is the moment in which we need to restore trust. Trust between people and political ...

  5. Secretary-General's press encounter - on visits to Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago, and on the situation in the Middle East

    ... of the media, good afternoon, I would like to say a few words about what remains largely a forgotten crisis despite its severity ... are witnessing now is emissions still growing. This is the moment in which we all need to assume our responsibilities. And I recall that I ...

  6. Secretary-General remarks to Informal Session of the General Assembly [bilingual, as delivered] [scroll down for all-English version]

    ... and I send my best wishes to all those injured, hoping for a full and fast recovery.  The United Nations stands with all Kenyans and with ... you all to do your utmost to make September 2019 a defining moment for stopping runaway climate change, achieving the Sustainable ...

  7. Secretary-General's address to the National Foreign Trade Council

    ... Reinsch, [President, NFTC], Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be with you tonight with my wife. I have wanted to speak to the ... able to make it happen this year, since this is an important moment for the global trade agenda and for my own agenda of change at the ...

  8. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to the National Peace and Reconciliation Conference: "Local Voices for Inclusive Reconciliation"

    ... 22 March 2018 It is an honour and a pleasure to be here with you in Liberia at this historic moment.    I thank our partners, including the Ministry of Internal ...

  9. Secretary-General's opening remarks at the Third Roundtable of Renowned Economists on Rebirthing the Global Economy [as delivered]

    ... Disruption to education is risking to create a “lost generation”, especially for children trapped on the wrong side of ... commitments to carbon neutrality.  And so, it is the moment to have a quantum leap, to have a global coalition for net zero ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks to the Fifth Committee of the General Assembly on "Investing in People"

    ... processes that have not kept pace with the evolving needs of a changing world. Since the moment I took office as Secretary-General, I have sought to address this ...