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Secretary-General Urges Inter-Parliamentary Union Members to Tackle Bigotry, Xenophobia, Hate Speech, Addressing Assembly in Video Message

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Secretary-General Urges Inter-Parliamentary Union Members to Tackle Bigotry, Xenophobia, Hate Speech, Addressing Assembly in Video Message

​​​​​​​Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the opening of the one-hundred-forty-sixth Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, in Manama, Bahrain, today:

Deputy Secretary-General Calls for ‘New Approach’ to Protect Most Vulnerable at Closing Press Conference for Least Developed Countries Conference in Doha

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Deputy Secretary-General Calls for ‘New Approach’ to Protect Most Vulnerable at Closing Press Conference for Least Developed Countries Conference in Doha

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the closing press conference for the fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries, in Doha on 9 March:

Delegates Highlight Rural Women’s, Girls’ National, Economic Contributions, But Point to Gaps in Education, Food Security, as Commission Session Continues

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Delegates Highlight Rural Women’s, Girls’ National, Economic Contributions, But Point to Gaps in Education, Food Security, as Commission Session Continues

​​​​​​​Representatives of Member States today delivered voluntary presentations on their national efforts to implement the 2018 agreed outcomes on “Challenges and opportunities in achieving gender equality and the empowerment of rural women and girls” as the Commission on the Status of Women continued its sixty-seventh session.

Deputy Secretary-General Cites Legacy of Muslim Women Leaders, Hails Those Taking Up Mantle, in Video Message to ‘Women in Islam’ Conference

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Deputy Secretary-General Cites Legacy of Muslim Women Leaders, Hails Those Taking Up Mantle, in Video Message to ‘Women in Islam’ Conference

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message for the Conference on “Women in Islam:  Understanding the Rights and Identity of Women in the Islamic World” on the Sidelines of the Sixty-Seventh Session of the Commission on the Status of Women, held on 8 March:

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