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  1. Secretary-General's press conference ahead of the closing session of the United Nations Civil Society Conference

    ... Gaza. Over one million Palestinians, half of whom are children, have crowded in the Rafah Governate for shelter.  We are ... be protected wherever they seek shelter – pregnant women, children, the injured, the sick, and older people, and people with ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council on the Middle East [as delivered]

    ... According to UNICEF, more than 13,900 Palestinian children have reportedly been killed in intense, often indiscriminate ... West Bank. More than 450 Palestinians, including 112 children, have been killed in the occupied West Bank since 7 October – the ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks to the Security Council - on Women, Peace and Security [bilingual as delivered; scroll down for all-English version]

    ... Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced millions of women and children to flee their country overnight, putting them at risk of trafficking ... Russian invasion of Ukraine has forced millions of women and children to flee their country overnight, putting them at risk of trafficking ...

  4. Deputy Secretary-General's press encounter at the conclusion of her visit to Sudan

    ... atrocities that we have seen [inaudible] upon men, women, children, especially, and for that, we wanted to come to speak and to support ...

  5. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at CSW Side Event "Closing the Gap: Women's Empowerment in the GCC Region" [as delivered]

    ... of the tens and thousands killed or injured are women and children – a horrifying statistic.  Around the world we are seeing ...

  6. Deputy Secretary-General's delivery of the Secretary-General's message on the occasion of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People

    ... in ruins, more than 43,000 Palestinians – mostly women and children – have been reportedly killed, and the humanitarian crisis is ...

  7. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the opening segment of the high-level meeting on antimicrobial resistance [as delivered]

    ... responsible for 1.3 million deaths a year. One in five are children. Without a step-change in action before 2030, anti-microbial ...

  8. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to Informal Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on Global Compact for Safe and Orderly Migration [as delivered]

    ... a statistic; it is the lived experience of women, men and children, each with unique identities and vulnerabilities – pursuing better ...

  9. Secretary-General's video message to virtual Ministerial Event: Accelerating the Level of Commitment to Fight Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery During the Global COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond

    ... while 19 percent are girls. In low-income countries, children account for half of victims of this multi-billion dollar industry. ...

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

    ... and hindering economic development. Every day, 700 children under five years old die from diseases linked to unsafe water and ...