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  1. Secretary-General's opening remarks to Yemen Pledging Conference [as delivered]

    ... and thank all of you for your solidarity with Yemen’s children, women and men.    Yemen today is experiencing a tragedy of ... facing a severe food security emergency.   As always, children are at the highest risk of death.   On average, a child under the ...

  2. Note to Correspondents: Joint Press Stakeout by UN Special Envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, and UN Senior Advisor Jan Egelan

    ... disease cases very concerning, five acutely malnourished children that need to be evacuated, six acute mental health cases etc.   ... that stand ready to help and save lives.   Three children have been lifted out as particularly needy and that’s by the ...

  3. Secretary-General's message on World Diabetes Day

    ... This year, we focus on the challenge of diabetes among children and adolescents. Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases of childhood, and both type 1 and type 2 diabetes can strike children at any age. The disease is often diagnosed late or misdiagnosed as ...

  4. Secretary-General's message on World Tuberculosis Day

    ... takes a heavy toll on families and communities. Millions of children have lost their parents. Children who are exposed to sick family members are at high risk of contracting ...

  5. Secretary-General's remarks at event with "Play 31"

    ... can be used for the wellbeing and benefit of many poor children in Sierra Leone. And I really appreciate your vision and commitment to work for many helpless children around the world. I feel very proud to have been part of this Play 31 ...

  6. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Global Campaign for Education 6th World Assembly [as prepared for delivery]

    ... the provision of universal primary education, ensured that children and youth continued their education in post-conflict and post-disaster ... numbers have fallen, they remain high. In 2016, 263 million children and adolescents – one of every five -- were out of school.  ...

  7. Secretary-General's Remarks at the "King of Joseon" Event

    ... women and the work of the United Nations to help women and children worldwide. So I deeply thank the organizers for dedicating ... the United Nations to stop the needless deaths of women and children. My awareness of this cause did not start when I read a policy ...

  8. Secretary-General's remarks at the opening of the Executive Committee of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

    ... displaced people there are today. These men, women and children have been through harrowing experiences that should haunt humanity’s ... Syrians who desperately need help. Six million of them are children. I have met these refugees in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey and Greece. ...

  9. Secretary-General's remarks at side event on Polio Eradication

    ... in more than 125 countries. Every day, at least a thousand children were paralyzed by the disease. Since then, Rotary International joined ... and implementing the global strategy for women’s and children’s health. I have made it publicly know in January this year that ...

  10. Statement by the Secretary-General on his meeting with Pharmaceutical Executives on HIV/AIDS

    ... and new HIV medications and diagnostics, especially for children, to make them more affordable, accessible and appropriate for use in ... of HIV medications and specific diagnostic tools for children, as a contribution to the “Unite for Children, Unite against AIDS” ...