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  1. Secretary-General's message for International Albinism Awareness Day [scroll down for French version]

    ... stigma and social exclusion. Very many, including children and women, are extremely vulnerable, isolated and subject to abuse and ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks to the opening segment of the High-level meeting on Universal Health Coverage

    ...   To pre and post-natal care for mothers and their children.   Scaling up primary care interventions is a proven lifesaver, ... focusing on the most vulnerable populations — including children, refugees, migrants, and those living through humanitarian crises.   ...

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

    ... Development.  It also promotes literacy and education for children.   I encourage the world’s postal sector to continue its ...

  4. 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]

    ... This moving memorial commemorates the women, men and children who suffered and died after being forced on to slave ships to ...

  5. Secretary-General's message on World Mental Health Day [scroll down for French version]

    ... as a leading cause of illness and disability among children and adolescents.   All of this was true, even before COVID-19.  ... the beginning.  Many groups, including older adults, women, children and people with existing mental health conditions are at risk of ...

  6. Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General – on Sudan

    ... including ethnically motivated attacks. Sudanese women, children and men are paying the heaviest price for the continued military ...

  7. Secretary-General's video message to launch Policy Brief on Education and COVID-19 [scroll down for French version]

    ... over 1 billion students.   At least 40 million children worldwide have missed out on education in their critical pre-school ... before the pandemic.   More than 250 million school-age children were out of school.   And only a quarter of secondary school ...

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

    ... things in extraordinary times to help women, men and children whose lives are upended by crises.   This year, humanitarian ... local health workers who care for the sick and vaccinate children, and humanitarians who negotiate access in areas of conflict to bring ...

  9. Secretary-General's message on World Refugee Day 2020 [scroll down for French version]

    ... 20 June 2020 Nearly 80 million women, children, and men around the world have been forced from their homes as ...

  10. Secretary-General's message on the International Day of Education [scroll down for French version]

    ... nurture global citizenship.   Yet at least 262 million children, adolescents and youth are out of school, most of them girls.  ... right to education. The world cannot afford a generation of children and young people who lack the skills they need to compete in the 21st ...