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  1. Secretary-General's opening remarks at Sustainable Development Goals Moment [as delivered]

    ... of progress, poverty and hunger are on the rise.   Children are suffering from a lack of schooling.   Debt is skyrocketing. ...

  2. Secretary-General's Message to UN Seminar on Assistance to the Palestinian People

    ... to aid those in desperate need, in particular Gaza's children and youth, who make up half the population.   While in Gaza, ...

  3. Secretary-General's message on the first observance of the International Day of Rural Women

    ... we empower rural women, we enhance the well-being of their children, their families, their communities and, ultimately, their countries. ...

  4. Transcript of Press Stakeout by United Nations Senior Advisor, Jan Egeland

    ... the victims of terror, which is really the widow with five children, who did not ask Islamic State fighters or Nusra fighters or anybody ... it is so rigid in implementation that the widow with five children is much more likely to not receive assistance, if she is next to ...

  5. Secretary-General's message to Group of Friends of the Syrian People

    ... violence has driven too many people from their homes. Even children have been victims of unbearable abuse, including sexual violence. ...

  6. Secretary-General's message on World AIDS Day [scroll down for French version]

    ... in our response to key groups of people. Two out of three children who need treatment do not get it. Young women are particularly ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the situation in Syria [as delivered]

    ... Syrian government.  Tens of thousands of men, women and children remain in arbitrary detention in appalling conditions, systematically ...

  8. Statement attributable to the Spokesman for the Secretary-General United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)

    ... including education for half a million Palestine refugee children. The Secretary-General reiterates his full support for the ... to UNRWA at the earliest possible date so that the children of Palestine can begin their 2015-2016 school year without delay. ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks to the press with the Foreign Minister of Eqypt [Q&A below]

    ... Yet again, too many civilians, including so many children, are paying the price for the latest escalation.  The images we ...

  10. The Secretary-General's remarks at signing ceremony for the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons [as delivered]

    ... allow these doomsday weapons to endanger our world and our children’s future.   I look forward to working with you in fulfilling ...