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17 June 2021

SG/SM/20783

Secretary-General Welcomes Joint Statement on Strategic Stability, Issued by Presidents of Russian Federation, United States

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

17 June 2021

SG/SM/20782

Secretary-General Calls for International Cooperation to Help Middle-Income Countries Gain Greater Market Access, Tackle Mounting Debt Burdens

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the High-Level Meeting on Middle-Income Countries, held today:

17 June 2021

SG/SM/20781

Secretary-General, in Video Message, Calls for Support to Meet Acute Needs of Venezuela’s 5.6 Million Migrants, Refugees Facing ‘Great Hardship’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Venezuela Donors’ Conference, held today:

16 June 2021

SG/SM/20780

Make Healthy Land Central in All Planning, Urges Secretary-General, in Message for World Day to Combat Desertification, Drought

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, observed on 17 June:

15 June 2021

SG/SM/20777

‘Embrace Transformational Change’ to Recover from Pandemic, Achieve Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Urges Business Leaders at Summit

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

15 June 2021

SG/SM/20779

Underreported Crime of Sexual Violence in Conflict Cannot Be Allowed to ‘Slip Further into the Shadows’, Secretary-General Warns on International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, observed on 19 June:

15 June 2021

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Activities of Secretary-General in United Kingdom, 11-13 June

On Friday, 11 June, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in London, on his way to the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in Cornwall.

15 June 2021

SG/SM/20778

Recover Better, Build Back Accessible, Secretary-General Tells Convention States Parties, Stressing ‘Persons with Disabilities Must No Longer Be Left Behind’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the fourteenth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, held today:

15 June 2021

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Together, ‘We Learn, Heal, Shine’, Secretary-General Says, Reiterating Commitment to Displaced People in World Refugee Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Refugee Day, observed on 20 June:

12 June 2021

SG/SM/20775

Deeply Saddened by Death of William Swing, Secretary-General Hails Former International Organization for Migration Director as ‘True Humanist’

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