Statements and Messages

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

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

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

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:

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

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

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Family Remittances, observed on 16 June:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the 100-day countdown to the International Day of Peace 2021 — “Recovering better for an equitable and sustainable world”, on 13 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the meeting of the Group of Friends of Human Security today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ closing remarks to the Insurance Development Forum, held today: