General Assembly: Press Release

12 October 2020

SG/SM/20333

Introducing 2021 Programme Budget Proposal, Secretary-General Highlights New Communications Strategy, Stronger Staff Development, Information Technology

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ introduction to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of the proposed programme budget for 2021, in New York today:

12 October 2020

GA/SPD/716

United Nations YouTube Channel Had 6.2 Million Views in High-Level General Assembly Week, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications Tells Fourth Committee

Holding a virtual meeting today, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) heard introductory statements and questions relating to international cooperation on the peaceful uses of outer space, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) and peacekeeping operations. It also heard an introductory statement on questions relating to information.

9 October 2020

GA/SPD/715

Chairs of Fourth Committee Subsidiary Bodies, Senior Officials Present Agenda Items on Atomic Radiation, Decolonization, Special Political Missions

The Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) held a virtual meeting today, hearing introductory statements and questions on the effects of atomic radiation, decolonization questions and special political missions.

9 October 2020

GA/SHC/4291

Third Committee Experts Denounce Uptick in Violence against Women, Children, as Delegates Call for Action to Preserve Decades of Gender Equality Gains

The COVID-19 pandemic threatens to wipe out a generation of progress in gender equality, United Nations experts told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, as they led a series of interactive dialogues that explored how best to uphold the rights of women and children amid increases in violence and suffering brought on by new virus-induced realities.

5 October 2020

DSG/SM/1472

Deputy Secretary-General, Briefing Second Committee on Quadrennial Comprehensive Policy Review, Pledges Support for Implementing Country Priorities

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the briefing on the quadrennial comprehensive policy review of the United Nations operational system to the Second Committee (Economic and Financial), today:

1 October 2020

SG/SM/20301

COVID-19 Shows Urgent Need for Strong Push to Meet Unfulfilled Promise of Beijing, Secretary-General Tells Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the High‑Level Meeting on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held today:

30 September 2020

DSG/SM/1467

Deputy Secretary-General Points Out Irony of Nature-Based Solutions Being among Best Remedies to Global Heating, at Biodiversity Summit Closing

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s closing remarks at the Biodiversity Summit, held today:

30 September 2020

SG/SM/20298

National Calculations Omit Natural Resources, Secretary-General Tells Summit, Urging Governments to Consider Biodiversity When Making Financial Decisions

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the United Nations Biodiversity Summit, held today:

22 September 2020

SG/SM/20267

COVID-19 Dress Rehearsal for World of Challenges to Come, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ address to the General Assembly, in New York today:

21 September 2020

SG/SM/20264

Inclusive, Networked Multilateralism Vital for Better World Governance, Says Secretary-General, at General Assembly’s Seventy-Fifth Anniversary Meeting

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly meeting marking the seventy-fifth anniversary of the United Nations, in New York today: