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  1. Press conference on Food Security, with Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon; FAO Director General Jacques Diouf; World Bank President Robert Zoellick; IFAD President Lennart Bage; and WFP Executive Director Josette Sheeran (unofficial transcript)

    ... We are already paying special attention to the nutrition of children and women in communities at risk. This will require significant ... increases, WFP was able to fill this cup. Twenty million children received pretty much the only food they get every day with 40% less ...

  2. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the closure of the International Year for People of African Descent

    ... invisible in the countries where they lived, raised their children and contributed their labour. The sad fact is that the legacy of ...

  3. Secretary-General's opening remarks to UN Global Compact Board

    ... to address critical issues –from women's empowerment to children's rights to sustainable energy. The Rio+20 Conference next ...

  4. Secretary-General's message to the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) Extraordinary Summit on the Central African Republic [scroll down for French version]

    ... of international norms. It is unacceptable that today, children who had been separated from armed groups and reintegrated and ...

  5. Deputy Secretary-General's statement to the Security Council on Sexual Violence in Conflict [as delivered]

    ... listed annually in his reports on sexual violence and children in armed conflict.  Of course we face unprecedented political and ... rejected by their families and communities. Worst still, children born out of rape experience discrimination, exclusion and stigma.  ...

  6. Secretary-General's message to the 16th session of the World Tourism Organization

    ... of all -- child sex tourism, which affects millions of children each year. I strongly support the work of the World Tourism ...

  7. Note to Correspondents on the Paris Climate Agreement

    ... around the world to build the sustainable future for our children and future generations.   Stéphane Dujarric Spokesman for the ...

  8. Secretary-General's remarks on the 10th Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities [as delivered]

    ... rights, and are more likely to live in poverty.   Children with disabilities are less likely than their non-disabled peers to ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks at event for Champions for Global Health

    ... between 2011 and 2015 to meet global targets on women's and children's health. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS ...

  10. The Secretary-General's Message on the International Day of Rural Women

    ... The benefits would reverberate even further as these women's children gain better access to health services, education and nutrition. ...