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Artificial Intelligence Must Not Replicate Historical Gender Inequalities, Speaker Stresses, at Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation

Press Release

8 July 2021

SG/T/3299

Activities of Secretary-General in Spain, 1-2 July

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres flew to Valencia, Spain, from Paris, on Thursday morning, 1 July.

8 July 2021

SG/T/3298

Activities of Secretary-General in France, 29 June–1 July

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres departed New York on Tuesday, 29 June, for Paris, where he arrived on Wednesday morning.

8 July 2021

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Health, Inequality Dangerously Linked, Speakers Warn, Stressing Exclusion, Disparity Impeding Ability to Contain COVID-19, on Day Three of High-Level Political Forum

Inequality and exclusion have deeply impaired the ability to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, which, in turn, further widened such disparity, demonstrating the dangerous links between health and inequality, experts warned, as the high‑level political forum on sustainable development moved into the third day of its two-week session.

8 July 2021

SG/SM/20818

Women Must Have Seat at Decision-Making Table, Secretary-General Stresses to Launch of Global Report on Gender Equality in Public Administration

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ statement to the launch of the Global Report on Gender Equality in Public Administration (GEPA) today:

8 July 2021

SG/SM/20816

Developing Countries Could Face Annual Adaptation Costs of $300 Billion by 2030, Secretary-General Warns in Message to Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the first Climate Vulnerable Finance Summit today:

8 July 2021

SG/SM/20815

Amid Climate Crisis, Scaling Up of Reliable Weather Forecast Services, Early Warning Systems Urgently Needed, Secretary-General Says at First Hydromet Gap Report Launch

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the launch of the first Hydromet Gap report, today:

8 July 2021

SG/SM/20817

Psychosocial Support Cannot Be Forgotten Part of Universal Health Coverage, Secretary-General Tells Event on Violence, Children’s Mental Well-Being

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the high-level event on the Impact of Violence on Children’s Mental Health, in New York and online today:

7 July 2021

SG/SM/20814

Secretary-General Calls for ‘Greatest Global Public Health Effort in History’ to Bridge Vaccine Gap as World Marks 4 Million Deaths from COVID-19 Pandemic

The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:

7 July 2021

ECOSOC/7054

Replacing Temporary COVID-19 Pandemic Responses with Lasting Social Protection Measures Key for Realizing Sustainable Development, Speakers Tell High-Level Political Forum

Long-term social protection measures must replace temporary COVID-19 pandemic responses to help countries regain traction towards realizing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, delegates and panel experts said today, as the high-level political forum moved into the second day of its two-week session.

7 July 2021

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Security Council Press Statement on Haiti

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nicolas de Rivière (France):