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15 June 2020

SG/SM/20126

Businesses Can Be Powerful Force for Good through Ambitious Plans to Increase Financial Transparency, Cut Emissions, Secretary-General Tells Global Compact Leaders Summit

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the United Nations Global Compact Leaders Summit, in New York today:

15 June 2020

SG/SM/20127

Secretary-General, in Family Remittances Day Message, Urges Governments to Cut Transfer Costs, Financially Support Migrants, as COVID-19 Crisis Dampens Flow of Funds

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

11 June 2020

SG/SM/20120

Secretary-General, at Event Launching Digital Cooperation Road Map, Advocates Internet Access for All by 2030, Stressing Technology Must Be Used to Protect Public Good

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the virtual high-level event on “The State of The Digital World and Implementation of the Road Map for Digital Cooperation”, in New York today:

11 June 2020

SG/SM/20118

Digital Divide ‘a Matter of Life and Death’ amid COVID-19 Crisis, Secretary‑General Warns Virtual Meeting, Stressing Universal Connectivity Key for Health, Development

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the virtual high-level meeting on the “Impact of Rapid Technological Change on the Achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals”, in New York today:

10 June 2020

SG/SM/20116

Financial Decisions Aligned with Socio-environmental Values Should Drive Post-Pandemic Economy, Secretary-General Tells Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the extraordinary meeting of the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance, in New York today:

10 June 2020

SG/SM/20115

COVID-19 Must Be Wake-Up Call for Greater Multilateral Economic Cooperation, Health‑Care Solidarity, Secretary-General Says in Video Message to Small States Forum

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Forum of Small States, in New York today:

2 June 2020

DSG/SM/1417

United Nations Fully Mobilized to Help Countries Respond, Recover from COVID-19, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Financing for Development Forum

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the virtual meeting of the Financing for Development Forum on financing and policy solutions to respond to COVID-19, in New York today:

2 June 2020

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

Some 50 people died in three attacks in Burkina Faso’s northern regions — the Sahel, North, Centre-North and East — marking the deadliest violence since March, when 43 civilians were killed during two attacks on northern villages. Rising insecurity is making it difficult to reach the 2.2 million people in need of aid throughout the country.

29 May 2020

DSG/SM/1416

United Nations Funds, Programmes Must Better Align Policies, Country Team Activities to Advance Development Goals, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Joint Executive Boards

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the joint meeting of the Executive Boards of United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)/United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)/United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS), United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women) and World Food Programme (WFP), in New York today:

28 May 2020

SG/SM/20098

Secretary-General Warns of Grim Post-Pandemic Future, Predicting ‘Historic’ Hunger, Famine, in Remarks to High-Level Event on Financing for Development

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the high-level event on Financing for Development, in New York today: