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20 September 2019

SG/SM/19749-OBV/1916

Secretary-General, in Remarks at Peace Bell Ceremony, Calls upon Combatants Worldwide to Observe Day of Global Ceasefire, Non-Violence

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Peace Bell ceremony in New York today:

19 September 2019

SG/SM/19748-ENV/DEV/1982

Strategic Alliances on Water, Energy Issues Key for Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Tells European Environment Advisory Councils’ Conference

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the opening of the twenty-seventh Annual Conference of the European Environment and Sustainable Development Advisory Councils, in Lisbon today:

17 September 2019

SG/SM/19746-GA/12179

Networked, Inclusive Multilateralism Can Help Overcome Challenges of Era, Says Secretary-General, Opening General Assembly Session

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening of the seventy-fourth session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

17 September 2019

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Ambitious Transformation ‘Is Necessary — and Possible’, Says Secretary-General in Video Message to Women, Equity, Global Development Symposium

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs’ Women, Equity, and Global Development Symposium, in Chicago today:

17 September 2019

SG/SM/19745

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Suicide Attacks in Afghanistan

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

17 September 2019

SG/SM/19742

All Must Feel Safe to Practise their Faith, Join Places of Worship in Peace, Secretary-General Tells International Prayer Breakfast

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the thirty-fourth annual prayer breakfast, in New York today:

17 September 2019

SG/SM/19743-ORG/1697

Dag Hammarskjöld Shaped United Nations as Active Force for Peace, Secretary-General Says, Pledging to Build on Those Aims, at Event Commemorating Predecessor’s Death

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at a wreath‑laying ceremony to commemorate the fifty-eighth anniversary of the death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, in New York today:

16 September 2019

SG/SM/19741-GA/12176

Secretary-General Hails General Assembly as Universal Platform for Building Consensus in Service to Common Good, at Closing of Seventy-Third Session

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the closing of the seventy-third session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York today:

13 September 2019

SG/SM/19739-HR/5444-OBV/1915

Sign Languages Vital for Participating in All Aspects of Economic, Social, Cultural Life, Secretary-General Says on International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Sign Languages, observed on 23 September:

13 September 2019

SG/SM/19737

Culture of Peace Inseparable from Human Rights, Secretary-General Tells High-Level Forum, Urging Respect for Diverse, Inclusive Societies

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, delivered by Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Chef de Cabinet, to the High-Level Forum on the Culture of Peace under the theme “Twentieth Anniversary of Culture of Peace: Empowering and Transforming Humanity”, in New York today: