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  1. Secretary-General's remarks at the Handover Ceremony of the Chairmanship of the Group of 77 & China [trilingual, as delivered; scroll down for All-English]

    ... organization sprang from the belief that peace and progress for all were best supported by collaboration, rather than conflict. By ... are routinely denied the debt relief and concessional financing they need. I will continue urging leaders and international ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks to High-Level opening of COP27 - as delivered [scroll down for all English version]

    ... 2022 President Al-Sisi,   Thank you for this wonderful hospitality and for this spectacular organization.  ... must deliver effective institutional arrangements for financing.   Getting concrete results on loss and damage is a litmus test ...

  3. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at R20 Austrian World Summit [as prepared for delivery]

    ... well, this Summit comes at a time of unprecedented urgency for action on climate change.  2016 was the hottest year on record and the ... codes and renewable energy targets.   Third, decentralize financing. We must develop new ways to secure financing for state and ...

  4. Secretary-General's remarks at the UN Biodiversity Conference — COP15 [Bilingual, as delivered follows; scroll down for all-English and all-French]

    ... playing an entirely different song. Around the world, for hundreds of years, we have conducted a cacophony of chaos, played with ... have more direct, simpler, and faster access to much-needed financing. We know all too well the bureaucratic hurdles that exist today. ...

  5. Secretary-General's joint press conference with Prime Minister Lars Lǿkke Rasmussen of Denmark following the closing of the High-level Summit on Climate Change

    ... countries participated. It was an historic event for other reasons. Today marked the moment when the political momentum has ... countries to slow the growth of their emissions; scaled-up financing and technology support to unlock investment and catalyze green ...

  6. Readout of Secretary-General's participation at G20 Summit

    ... G20 could and should present an explicitly pro-youth vision for the future, particularly with respect to education and employment ... The Secretary-General emphasized that development requires financing and urged the G20 countries to explore all possible options, public, ...

  7. Secretary-General's message to Vulnerable Twenty (V20) Group of Ministers of Finance

    ... Group of Ministers of Finance.  I commend your advocacy for the world’s most vulnerable countries. The climate conference in ... Addis Ababa hosted the Third International Conference on Financing for Development.  And last month, in New York, world leaders adopted ...

  8. Secretary-General's remarks to the Ocean Race Summit [as delivered]

    ... to gather scientific data to help ensure a healthy ocean for the future. Because in the face of climate change and plastic ... States like Cabo Verde — the levels of concessional financing and debt relief that would be necessary.   And I will continue ...

  9. Secretary-General’s remarks to the press in Nairobi {with Q&A}

    ... President Kenyatta and the Government and people of Kenya for their hospitality. I had a productive meeting with the President today. ... generate hundreds of billions of dollars a year in climate financing from public and private sources. This will be one of the ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks to the Economic and Social Council on the follow-up to the "Our Common Agenda" Report [as delivered]

    ... 22 March 2022 I thank the President of ECOSOC for convening this discussion on the follow-up to my report on “ Our Common ... debt burdens, and exponential increases in the cost of financing.  The war in Ukraine is now causing food, fuel and fertilizer ...