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Members to Hold Quarterly Briefing on Situation in Afghanistan

Press Release

1 October 2020

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COVID-19 Shows Urgent Need for Strong Push to Meet Unfulfilled Promise of Beijing, Secretary-General Tells Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Meeting

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the High‑Level Meeting on the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, held today:

1 October 2020

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Secretary-General’s Video Message to Normandy World Peace Forum

The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Normandy World Peace Forum, held in Caen on 1 and 2 October, is not available in English.

1 October 2020

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Secretary-General Welcomes Agreement to Start Talks on Delineation of Land, Maritime Borders Between Israel, Lebanon

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

30 September 2020

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National Calculations Omit Natural Resources, Secretary-General Tells Summit, Urging Governments to Consider Biodiversity When Making Financial Decisions

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the United Nations Biodiversity Summit, held today:

30 September 2020

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ACT-Accelerator Already Delivering Results in Core Areas of Diagnostics, Vaccines, Equitable Allocation, Deputy Secretary-General Tells High-Level Event

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the high-level event on the ACT-Accelerator, today:

30 September 2020

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Deputy Secretary-General Points Out Irony of Nature-Based Solutions Being among Best Remedies to Global Heating, at Biodiversity Summit Closing

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s closing remarks at the Biodiversity Summit, held today:

30 September 2020

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Solidarity Is Self-Interest, Secretary-General Tells ‘Accelerating End of COVID-19 Pandemic’ Event, Urging Concerted Efforts for COVID-19 Tests, Vaccines

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ welcoming remarks to the high-level side event on the ACT-Accelerator, “Accelerating the End of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Taking New Solutions to Scale and Making Them Equitably Accessible, to Save Lives, Protect Health Systems and Restart the Global Economy”, held today:

29 September 2020

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Only Virus Wins Conflict During Pandemic, Secretary-General Stresses, in Message on Day of Non-Violence, Reiterating Call for Global Ceasefire

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the International Day of Non-violence, observed on 2 October:

29 September 2020

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Global Recession Could Put 2030 Agenda Out of Reach, Secretary-General Tells Event on Post-Pandemic Financing for Development, Stressing ‘We Must Seize This Moment’

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ opening remarks to the High-Level Meeting on Financing for Development in the Era of COVID-19 and Beyond, held today: