General Assembly: Press Release

27 April 2021

DSG/SM/1579

With Almost Half of World’s Population Still Offline, Digital Divide Risks Becoming ‘New Face of Inequality’, Deputy Secretary-General Warns General Assembly

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the General Assembly high-level thematic debate on digital cooperation and connectivity, today:

22 April 2021

SG/SM/20696

Building Strong Communities, Tackling Inequalities Critical for Making Cities Safe, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Debate on Urban Security, Good Governance

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, as delivered by Ghada Waly, Executive Director of United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), to the high-level debate of the General Assembly on “Urban Safety, Security and Good Governance: Making Crime Prevention a Priority for All”, in New York today:

16 April 2021

SG/SM/20682

Secretary-General Hails John Pombe Joseph Magufuli’s Service, at General Assembly Tribute for Late United Republic of Tanzania President

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly tribute to the memory of John Pombe Joseph Magufuli, the late President of the United Republic of Tanzania, today:

30 March 2021

SG/SM/20664

As Plight of Syrians Worsens, Hunger Reaches Record High, International Community Must Fully Commit to Ending Decade-Old War, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ briefing to the General Assembly on the situation in Syria, today:

25 March 2021

SG/SM/20653

With White Supremacist Propaganda at Record High, General Assembly Must Seize Momentum to End Slavery’s Legacy of Racism, Secretary-General Says in Observance Remarks

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly meeting marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, today:

19 March 2021

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We Must Be Proactively Anti-Racist to Fight Racism, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Observance of International Day

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres remarks to the General Assembly’s observance of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, today:

18 March 2021

DSG/SM/1560

Address Unequal Access to Water, Sanitation, Deputy Secretary-General Urges States, at General Assembly President’s High-Level Meeting

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the President of the General Assembly’s high-level meeting on the “Implementation of the Water-Related Goals and Targets of the 2030 Agenda”, today:

24 February 2021

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Briefing General Assembly, Secretary-General Spotlights Progress in Implementing Call to Human Rights Action, Stressing ‘We Must All Join Forces to Deliver’

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ briefing to the General Assembly on the call to action for human rights, today:

18 February 2021

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Affordable Access to COVID-19 Vaccine Key for Helping Non-Self-Governing Territories Achieve Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Tells Decolonization Committee

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, as delivered by Rosemary A. DiCarlo, Under-Secretary-General for Political and Peacebuilding Affairs, to the organizational meeting of the 2021 session of the Special Committee on Decolonization, today:

4 February 2021

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Hard-Hit by COVID-19, Occupied Territory Reveals Urgency of Two-State Solution, Global Solidarity, Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Rights Committee

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening meeting of the 2021 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, held today: