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  1. Secretary-General's address to the General Assembly

    ... religion, this time on a global scale. Moreover, this climate of fear and suspicion is constantly refuelled by the violence in the ... this divided world must be a truly United Nations. Climate change, HIV/AIDS, fair trade, migration, human rights –all these issues, and ...

  2. Secretary-General’s remarks at the Oslo Summit on Education for Development

    ... the Congo and beyond. We are coping with the Ebola outbreak. Climate change is driving extreme weather events. The increase in emergencies and ...

  3. Secretary-General’s remarks at press encounter with President of Somalia, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed Farmajo

    ... of these crises year after year, not forgetting that climate change is becoming an accelerator of these crises, namely of drought, that is ...

  4. Secretary-General’s virtual press encounter to launch the Report on the Socio-Economic Impacts of COVID-19

    ... societies that are more resilient in the face of pandemics, climate change, and the many other global challenges we face. What the world needs ...

  5. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at event to mark World Interfaith Harmony Week : "The Role of Interfaith Harmony in the Peaceful Settlement of Disputes"

    ... disasters which destroy lives and communities.  Climate change that poses an existential threat to our planet.  Widespread violence ...

  6. Secretary-General's Remarks to High-Level Panel Discussion at the Human Rights Council "The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Human Rights"

    ... behind include millions of people who are affected by climate change, which is having the greatest impact on the poor and dispossessed. The ...

  7. Deputy Secretary-General's Opening Remarks at the General Assembly Development Dialogue "Macroeconomic Policies for the Future We Want: Sustainable Development and Achievement of the MDGs"

    ... political implications of environmental degradation and climate change are serious and far-reaching. Mr. President, Excellencies, ...

  8. Secretary-General's address to Asia Society Annual Gala Dinner [as prepared for delivery]

    ... justice. As an Asian Secretary-General, I hope to see this change. I hope to see an Asia that is both better integrated and more ... Chile and Antarctica. I want to see for myself the toll that climate change is taking on the Amazon rain forest and the polar ice cap. I ...

  9. Deputy Secretary-General's keynote address at Stockholm World Water Week - "Building Partnerships for Sanitation and Water for All"

    ... This is the kind of simple, affordable action that can change people’s lives. In this case, it helps tackle the sanitation ... This is particularly urgent as the impact of climate change becomes ever more apparent and severe. If competition for ...

  10. Secretary-General's address to the Arab Economic, Social and Development Summit

    ... and making it hard to plan for the future. Climate change heralds an even more troubling context for resource management. And ...