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Secretary-General: Press Release

5 March 2020

SG/SM/19994

Amid Powerful Pushback, Governments Must Change Systems, Power Imbalances Thwarting Women’s Full Potential, Secretary-General Says in International Observance Message

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Women’s Day — The Gender Power Gap, observed on 8 March:

5 March 2020

SG/SM/19993

Secretary-General, on Fiftieth Anniversary of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Calls on States Parties to Bolster Implementation, Achieve Universality

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

4 March 2020

SG/SM/19992

Saddened by Death of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Secretary-General Praises His Predecessor as Accomplished Statesman Who Left Profound Impact on World

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

3 March 2020

SG/SM/19991

Secretary-General Concerned by Institutional Crisis in Guinea-Bissau

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

3 March 2020

SG/SM/19990

Secretary-General Welcomes Exchange of Notifications in Border Dispute between Equatorial Guinea, Gabon

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

29 February 2020

SG/SM/19989

Secretary-General Welcomes Efforts to Achieve Political Settlement in Afghanistan

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

29 February 2020

SG/SM/19988

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Indiscriminate Bombing in Libya

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

28 February 2020

SG/SM/19987

Escalation of Syria Conflict Could Have Much More Dramatic Humanitarian, Other Impacts, Secretary-General Warns in Remarks to Security Council

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council meeting on Syria, in New York today:

27 February 2020

SG/SM/19986

Twenty-first Century Must Be Century of Women’s Equality, Secretary-General Says in Remarks at The New School

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on “women and power” at The New School in New York today:

27 February 2020

SG/T/3291

Activities of Secretary-General in Switzerland, 23-25 February

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, from New York on Sunday, 23 February, for a trip during which he would speak at the opening of the forty-third session of the Human Rights Council.