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20 November 2020

SG/SM/20431

Pandemic Response Offers Chance to Redress Structural Inequalities for More Resilient Africa, Secretary-General Says, in Industrialization Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on Africa Industrialization Day, observed today:

19 November 2020

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Secretary-General, in World Toilet Day Message, Calls for Action to Deliver Health, Safe Sanitation Services, with 4.2 Billion Still Lacking Access

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on World Toilet Day, observed today:

19 November 2020

SG/SM/20429

More Inclusive, Sustainable World Hinges on Promoting Female Leadership in All Sectors, Secretary-General Tells Women’s Forum

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, “Beyond Recovery: Designing an Inclusive World”, held in Paris and online today:

19 November 2020

SG/SM/20428

No Place for Racism at United Nations, Secretary-General Stresses, Describing It as ‘Scourge of the World’ at Launch of ‘Awareness and Action’ Campaign

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the panel discussion: a conversation on racism in the workplace, in New York today:

19 November 2020

SG/SM/20427

Net-Zero Emissions ‘Race against Time’, Secretary-General tells European Council on Foreign Relations, Urging Accelerated Drive towards Green Growth

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on climate action, to the European Council on Foreign Relations, held today:

18 November 2020

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Secretary-General Applauds United Nations Academic Impact’s Contribution to Human Rights, Global Citizenship, in Message Marking Tenth Anniversary

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Academic Impact, today:

18 November 2020

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Keep Raising Voices, Demanding Change, Secretary-General Tells Youth4Climate Event, Stressing: ‘When You March, the World Follows’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video remarks to the Youth4Climate virtual event, held today:

17 November 2020

SG/SM/20424

Closing Digital Divide, Ensuring Safe Online Access to Most Vulnerable Essential for Recovery from Pandemic, Secretary-General Tells Internet Governance Forum

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the closing of the fifteenth annual Internet Governance Forum Internet Governance in the Age of Uncertainty, held today:

16 November 2020

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Secretary-General Applauds World Food Programme’s Nobel Peace Prize Award, Calling Hunger ‘an Outrage’ amid Plenty, in Remarks to Executive Board

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the meeting of the Executive Board of the World Food Programme, held today:

16 November 2020

SG/SM/20422

Alongside Pandemic, World Faces ‘Triple Planetary Emergency’, Secretary-General Tells World Forum for Democracy, Citing Climate, Nature, Pollution Crises

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the World Forum for Democracy, held in Strasbourg, France, from 16 to 18 November: