Activities of Secretary-General in Portugal, 3-4 July

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres travelled from Crans‑Montana in Switzerland to Lisbon, Portugal, where, on Monday, 3 July, he delivered the keynote address, in Portuguese, at the Tidewater conference.  For decades this has been a forum for strategic discussions among ministers and heads of major bilateral and multilateral aid agencies.  This year's session focused on shaping a development architecture fit for the 2030 Agenda.

On the side-lines of the event, the Secretary-General also met with the Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Angel Gurria, and the President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Suma Chakrabarti.  The Secretary-General also met on with the Foreign Minister of Portugal, Augusto Santos Silva, on Monday.

The Secretary-General travelled to New York on Tuesday evening, 4 July.