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8 December 2020

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2021 Must be Year World Leaps into Net-Zero Future, Secretary-General Tells High Level Climate Meeting, Outlining Six Strategies

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video remarks at the Caring for Climate High‑Level Meeting, today:

8 December 2020

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Central Emergency Fund’s Response Only Halfway to Target Amount, as COVID-19 Wreaks Worst Humanitarian Crisis in Decades, Secretary-General Warns

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered, at the high‑level pledging conference for the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund, in New York today:

8 December 2020

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Genocide Victims Often Early Targets of Hate Speech, Violence, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Day, Stressing Prevention Involves Everyone

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime, observed 9 December:

8 December 2020

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Two-State Solution is Only Path for Palestinians, Israelis to Live in Peace, Secretary-General Tells International Media Seminar

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the United Nations International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East, today:

8 December 2020

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Secretary-General, Opening ‘Futures Literacy’ Event, Spotlights Ethical Technology Use for Peaceful World

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) High‑Level Futures Literacy Summit, held today:

7 December 2020

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Very Concerned by Situation in Ethiopia’s Tigray Province, Secretary-General Calls for Quickly Restoring Rule of Law, Public Services Delivery

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

7 December 2020

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Recovery from Pandemic Must Include Steps to Combat Bribery, Strengthen Oversight, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Anti-Corruption Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on International Anti‑Corruption Day, observed on 9 December:

7 December 2020

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Secretary-General Urges Urgent Action against Gender-Based Violence ‘At All Levels, in All Spaces, by All People’, in Message to Activism Event

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message to the NYLESA [New York Local Expatriate Spouse Association] event on 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence, today:

4 December 2020

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Misinformation ‘Shadow Pandemic’ on COVID-19 Risks Lives, Threatens Uptake of Vaccines, Secretary-General Warns, in Message to Web Summit

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message to the Web Summit, in Lisbon today:

4 December 2020

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Achieving Universal Health Coverage by 2030 Means Spending More, Better on Health, Secretary-General Says, in Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on International Universal Health Coverage Day, observed on 12 December: