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  1. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the Closing Plenary of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States (SIDS4) [as prepared for delivery]

    ... and availability of insurance schemes, support for children as they bear the burdens of SIDS’ systemic vulnerabilities, ...

  2. Secretary-General's message on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims [scroll down for French version]

    ... more are injured. This is the leading cause of death for children and young people. One of the best ways to remember and honour the ...

  3. Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda [scroll down for French version]

    ... 07 April 2025 Today we mourn the one million children, women and men slaughtered in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in ...

  4. Secretary-General's remarks at High-level Meeting Commemorating and Promoting the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... to build the peaceful, nuclear-weapons-free future our children and grandchildren deserve. Thank you. ****** ...

  5. Deputy Secretary-General’s remarks to ECOWAS @ 49: High-Level Event on “Regionalism, Democracy and Development in West Africa: Building Blocks to Strengthening Multilateralism” [as delivered]

    ... to cause unimaginable sufferings, particularly for women and children. A multilateral response is the only inclusive and durable way ...

  6. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the High-Level Presidential Summit of the Africa Food Systems Forum 2024 [as prepared for delivery]

    ... to ourselves and the future that we are leaving for our children. And let’s continue working together to build food systems that ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks at the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Moment Event [bilingual, as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... the resources we desperately need to feed and educate our children and build a sustainable planet for our young people are wasted on ...

  8. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the closing ceremony of the World Women's Forum [as prepared for delivery]

    ... the fears of mothers who face an uncertain future for their children if the world does not adhere to a 1.5-degree trajectory? In the ...

  9. Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade [scroll down for French version]

    ... continues to scar societies. Today, we remember the women, children, and men torn from their loved ones, forced to work in agonizing ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks at the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal Ceremony and the Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... and practical solutions. At every step, civilians — children, women and men — bear the brunt.   Our UN Peacekeepers are more ...