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Statements and Messages

29 March 2019

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Secretary-General Stresses Need for Critical High-Value Capabilities in Remarks to Ministerial Meeting on Peacekeeping

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the ministerial meeting on peacekeeping, in New York today:

29 March 2019

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Secretary-General Welcomes Recommitment by Armenia, Azerbaijan towards Finding Peaceful Solution to Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict

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

29 March 2019

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Secretary-General, Marking Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda, Urges Leaders to Reject Hate Speech, Discrimination

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the twenty-fifth anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, observed on 7 April:

29 March 2019

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Secretary-General Says Mali Situation Tests International Community’s Ability to Mobilize for Peace, Stability in ‘Enlightened Self-interest’

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council meeting on Mali, in New York today:

29 March 2019

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Secretary-General Hails Former Special Representative Peter Sutherland as Trusted Ally, Fearless Advocate for World’s Most Vulnerable People

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the memorial event in honour of Peter Sutherland, in Dublin today:

28 March 2019

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World Leaders Must Set Radical Change in Motion to Tackle Climate Threats, Foster Green Growth, Secretary-General Tells High-Level General Assembly Meeting

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly’s High-Level Meeting on Climate and Sustainable Development, in New York today:

28 March 2019

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Donors Must Make ‘Quantum Leap’ to Transform Peacebuilding Fund into Instrument for Tackling Challenges of Today’s Conflicts, Secretary-General Tells Meeting

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Peacebuilding Fund meeting, in Uppsala, Sweden, held 28 and 29 March:

28 March 2019

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New Campaign Aims to ‘Turn Minefields into Playing Fields’, Leaving No One Behind, Secretary-General Says, in Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action, observed on 4 April:

27 March 2019

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People with Autism Must Have Access to Affordable Assistive Technologies, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Observance

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

25 March 2019

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All Society ‘Diminished’ When People Are Attacked over Their Ethnicity, Beliefs, Secretary-General Says at Event on Elimination of Racial Discrimination

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the special meeting of the General Assembly in commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, in New York today: