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6 May 2021

SG/SM/20713

Big Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Unaffordable, Secretary-General Tells Petersberg Climate Dialogue, Stressing Such Investments ‘Simply Deepen Our Predicament’

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the 2021 Petersberg Climate Dialogue today:

6 May 2021

SG/SM/20712

Secretary-General Spotlights Highest Number of United Nations Personnel Lost in Single Year, at Memorial Service for Fallen Staff

Following are UN Secretary General António Guterres’ remarks at the annual memorial service to honour United Nations personnel who lost their lives in the line of duty from 1 January to 31 December 2020, today:

6 May 2021

SG/SM/20711

Decision by United States Can Increase Supply to COVAX Facility, Secretary-General Says, Welcoming ‘Unprecedented’ Waiver of Intellectual Property Rights

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

4 May 2021

SG/SM/20710

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Unknown Gunmen’s Deadly Attack in Burkina Faso

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

4 May 2021

SG/SM/20709

Secretary-General Counts on ECOSOC Multi-Stakeholder Forum to Advance Harnessing of Science, Technology for Universal Benefit

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Maria Francesca Spatolisano, Assistant Secretary-General, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, to the Economic and Social Council Multi-Stakeholder Forum on Science, Technology and Innovation for the Sustainable Development Goals, held today:

3 May 2021

SG/SM/20708

Secretary-General Hails Late President’s Tireless Efforts for Stability in Chad, at General Assembly Tribute to Memory of Idriss Déby Itno

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly tribute to the memory of Idriss Déby Itno, late President of Chad and Head of State, today:

1 May 2021

SG/SM/20707

Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Suicide Attack in Afghanistan

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

1 May 2021

SG/SM/20706

Secretary-General Welcomes Somalia’s Nullification of Special Federal Election Law

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

28 April 2021

SG/SM/20705

Guard against ‘Infodemic’ Accompanying COVID-19, Secretary-General Urges Global Communications Department, in Message on Preventing ‘Media Extinction Event’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on “COVID-19 — How Do We Prevent the Pandemic from Becoming a Media Extinction Event?”, in New York today:

28 April 2021

SG/SM/20704

Situation of Journalists Continues to Get Worse, Secretary-General Says, in Message for World Press Freedom Day

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for World Press Freedom Day 2021 — “Journalism as a Public Good: 30 Years of the Windhoek Declaration” — observed on 3 May: