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28 March 2020

SG/SM/20028

Secretary-General Congratulates Albania, North Macedonia, as European Council Announces Accession Talks

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

27 March 2020

SG/SM/20026

Secretary-General Briefs Delegations, Main Organ Heads on Broad COVID-19 Response, Stresses ‘We have Never Worked So Closely’ Despite Remote Conditions

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at a joint briefing to Member States on the Organization’s response to COVID-19, in New York today:

26 March 2020

SG/SM/20024

Secretary-General Urges G20 Countries to Suppress COVID-19 Transmission, Keep Households Afloat, amid Pandemic’s ‘Human Crisis’

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Group of 20 (G20) virtual summit on the COVID-19 pandemic, in New York today:

26 March 2020

SG/SM/20025

Secretary-General Spotlights Rights of Persons with Disabilities amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Warns against Rollbacks, Marking Autism Awareness Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Autism Awareness Day, observed on 2 April:

26 March 2020

SG/SM/20023

Weaponizing Disease Repugnant, Secretary-General Says, Urging States to Improve Biosecurity on Anniversary of Biological Weapons Convention

The following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the forty-fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Biological Weapons Convention:

25 March 2020

SG/SM/20021

Secretary-General Announces $2 Billion Humanitarian Response Plan to Help ‘Ultra-Vulnerable’ Combat COVID-19 Pandemic

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the launch of the global humanitarian response plan for COVID-19, in New York today:

25 March 2020

SG/SM/20020

Secretary-General Calls for Urgent De-Escalation in Yemen, Efforts to Combat Possible COVID-19 Outbreak

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

25 March 2020

SG/SM/20022

Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Attack on Afghanistan Temple

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

24 March 2020

SG/SM/20019

Secretary-General Warns Racism Still Pervasive, Calls for Action, Marking International Day to Remember Slave Trade Victims

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, observed on 25 March:

24 March 2020

SG/A/1952

Secretary-General Appoints Deborah Lyons of Canada Special Representative, Head of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Deborah Lyons of Canada as his new Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).