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26 February 2019

DSG/SM/1253-ENV/DEV/1924

Spain Leading by Example to Advance 2030 Agenda, Deputy Secretary-General Says, Encouraging More Ambitious Action, at Joint Parliamentary Committee Meeting

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Meeting of the First Joint Parliamentary Committee for the 2030 Agenda, in Madrid today:

26 February 2019

DSG/SM/1254-ENV/DEV/1925

Sustainable Development Council Can Play Vital Role towards Ensuring All Voices Are Heard in Decision-Making Processes, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Group

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the first meeting of the Sustainable Development Council, in Madrid today:

26 February 2019

DSG/SM/1255-ENV/DEV/1926

Deputy Secretary-General, Praising Spain, Germany for Just Coal-to-Renewable Energy Transition Plan, Stresses Need to Address Social Impact of Economic Restructuring

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the 2030 Agenda and the Paris Agreement: Towards a Fair and Sustainable Globalization, in Madrid today:

26 February 2019

Note No. 6522

United Nations Road Safety Strategy to Be Launched at New York Headquarters, World Health Organization in Geneva, 28 February

Entitled “A Partnership for Safer Journeys”, the United Nations Road Safety Strategy is based on a safe-system approach that manages the interaction between speed, vehicles, road infrastructure and road-user behaviour to prevent crashes from resulting in deaths and serious human injury.

26 February 2019

SC/13720

Security Council 1591 Committee Meets with Sudan, Regional States

On 12 February 2019, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan met with the Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Libya, South Sudan and Uganda.

26 February 2019

SG/SM/19477-IHA/1463

Secretary-General, at Yemen Pledging Conference, Calls for $4 Billion to Alleviate Unprecedented Suffering of Millions, Noting ‘Signs of Hope’ as Ceasefire Holds

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the pledging conference for Yemen, in Geneva today:

25 February 2019

SG/SM/19474-DCF/462

Arms Control Efforts under Increasing Jeopardy amid Drive for New Weapons, Secretary-General Warns Conference on Disarmament

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Conference on Disarmament, in Geneva today:

25 February 2019

SG/SM/19476-PI/2251

Rise in Attacks on Media Must Not Become New Normal, Secretary-General Tells Geneva Correspondents’ Association, Urging Bold Action to Defend Free Press

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the occasion of the seventieth anniversary of the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents, in Geneva today:

25 February 2019

SG/SM/19473-HRC/27

End Mainstreaming of Hate, Secretary-General Tells Human Rights Council, Stressing Also That ‘World Cannot Wait Two Centuries’ to Close Economic Gender Gap

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Human Rights Council, in Geneva today:

25 February 2019

DSG/SM/1252-PI/2252

Deputy Secretary-General Stresses Need to Balance Greater Public Good against Privacy Rights, in Keynote Address to Mobile World Congress

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s keynote remarks at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, today: