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  1. Secretay-General's remarks to 'Women Deliver' Conference [As prepared for delivery]

    ... by so many men here. Delivering a better world for women and children is men's work, too!     This is the right topic. Invest ... United Nations? to help governments deliver for mothers and children.   Here it is [holds up Joint Action Plan]: our plan to ...

  2. Secretary-General's message on World Telecommunication & Information Society Day

    ... The theme of this year's observance is "Protecting Children in Cyberspace”. Children and young people are among the most prolific users of the Internet and ...

  3. Secretary-General's message on World Telecommunication & Information Society Day

    ... The theme of this year's observance is "Protecting Children in Cyberspace”. Children and young people are among the most prolific users of the Internet and ...

  4. Press encounter following commencement address [on climate change] at Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University

    ... UN agencies have been very actively engaged in protecting children, not only in crisis situations -- whether in refugee camps or others where children are placed at a grave disadvantage -- but we are also determined to ...

  5. Secretary-General's Remarks at Park East Synagogue Commemoration of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust

    ... this year's General Assembly observance is dedicated to the children who faced the evil of the Holocaust. One and a half million Jewish children perished. Tens of thousands of others were murdered, including ...

  6. Secretary-General's Remarks at Polio Vaccination Campaign Health Post in Luanda

    ... from conflict and rebuild, it gave priority to protecting children from polio. I am especially grateful to the people in communities ... as well as mothers and fathers who made sure that Angola’s children were vaccinated. The result was a polio-free country in 2001. ...

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

    ... conflict. Parents are eating less so they can feed their children, and they are sending them to work instead of school. A generation of Syria’s children have never lived a day without war. Nearly 2.5 million children ...

  8. Secretary-General's message for event on Education for All

    ... already seen great progress in the area of education. More children are in school than ever before. More girls are getting the equal ... approach that promotes education along with health care. Children who are malnourished or sick need food and treatment to succeed at ...

  9. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the ECOSOC Meeting on the Transition from Relief to Development - Recurrent crises and sustainable solutions: building resilience and addressing rising food insecurity and displacement [as prepared for delivery]

    ... have been internally displaced.  Some 13.6 million children globally under the age of 5 are suffering from severe acute malnutrition, according to UNICEF. In young children, this is a medical emergency that carries an 11-fold increased risk of ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks to Americans for UNFPA Gala Dinner for the Health and Dignity of Women [as prepared for delivery]

    ... ago, I launched the UN's Global Strategy for Women's and Children's Health. Our various partners pledged $40 billion. For ... offer women the means to plan their pregnancies, and to bear children safely. This freedom is an integral part of women's dignity. ...