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  1. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at Annual Ministerial Meeting of Group of the Landlocked Developing Countries [as prepared for delivery]

    ... Developing Countries.   I thank the Republic of Zambia for their leadership as the Global Chair of the Group and for advocating for ... increased ambition.   However, as we are all aware, the financing requirements for realizing the SDGs and the Paris Agreement are ...

  2. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at High-Level Thematic Debate on Means of Implementation for a Transformative Post-2015 Development Agenda [As delivered]

    ... I thank the President of the General Assembly for convening this important debate, where I am honoured to represent the ... calendar in 2015 – the Third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, in July; the post-2015 Summit in New ...

  3. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks to Meeting of the First Joint Parliamentary Committee for the 2030 Agenda [as prepared for delivery]

    ... I commend Spain’s Congress of Deputies and its Senate for coming together to create this Joint Parliamentary Committee for the 2030 ... change in both policymaking and sustainable development financing. This will be especially challenging for the developing world, but ...

  4. Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with Dr. Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group

    ... The Secretary-General also expressed his appreciation for Dr. Kim’s steady commitment to work with the United Nations on climate change issues, including on climate financing. Both agreed that this issue is crucial for the future of mankind and ...

  5. Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Enrique Peña Nieto, President of Mexico

    ... Mexico is playing in promoting development cooperation and financing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The Secretary-General offered his condolences for the eight Mexican nationals who lost their lives in Egypt on 13 ...

  6. Readout of the Secretary-General’s meeting with H.E. Mr. Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka,  Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, Civil Service, Information and Public Enterprise of the Republic of Fiji 

    ... Mr. Sitiveni Ligamamada Rabuka, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Climate Change and Environment, Civil Service, Information ... on global challenges, including action on climate change, financing for SDGs and the special circumstances of Small Island Developing ...

  7. Secretary-General's remarks to the General Assembly Consultation on our Common Agenda/Summit of the Future [scroll down for bilingual, as-delivered; all-English and all-French versions]

    ... present forms of multilateral governance, designed in and for a bygone era, are clearly not adequate to today’s complex, interconnected ... and global levels, and to accelerate the transformation of financing for education.  The proposals will cover six key areas: the ...

  8. Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks on the 2015 Operational Activities for Development Segment of the Substantive Session of the Economic and Social Council [As Delivered]

    ... and Social Council on the UN’s operational activities for development at this historic juncture for the United Nations. We have ... we are to agree on a concrete framework to underpin the financing for our ambitious global development agenda. We have already ...

  9. Secretary-General's video message to the Islamic Development Bank Annual Meeting

    ... Annual Meeting Excellencies, friends. Thank you for this opportunity. The Islamic Development Bank meets amidst a world in ... realignment; The blended finance instruments and new financing solutions you have developed; And your 4.2 billion US dollars of ...

  10. Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the opening session of the Asia-Pacific Forum on Sustainable Development [as prepared for delivery]

    ... pleasure to be here today. I thank the Royal Thai Government for its warm welcome and hospitality.    This year, I intend to ...   There is growing private interest in SDG financing and a proliferation of impact investment in the region. This is ...