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Statements and Messages

10 June 2019

SG/SM/19617

Multilateral System Unprepared for Digital Age, Secretary-General Warns General Assembly, Urging Policymakers to Update Old Technology Governance Models

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the informal meeting of the General Assembly on the independent High-level Panel on Digital Cooperation, in New York today:

10 June 2019

SG/SM/19618

Secretary-General Outraged by Reports of Deadly Attack on Civilians in Mali

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

7 June 2019

SG/SM/19616-OBV/1888-SEA/2103

Noting Climate Change’s Outsized Impact on Women, Secretary-General Stresses Gender Equality Key to Tackling Ocean Challenges, in Message for International Observance

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s message for World Oceans Day, observed on 8 June:

7 June 2019

SG/SM/19615-ECO/306

Political Will Slowing as Global Warming Speeds Up, Secretary-General Tells International Economic Forum, Warning ‘We Are Losing the Race’ against Time

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the plenary session of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, in Saint Petersburg today:

4 June 2019

SG/SM/19614-GA/AB/4327

Amid Growing Liquidity Crisis, Secretary-General Urges Member States to Fully Pay Assessments, Rectify Structural Weaknesses in United Nations Budget Methodology

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on improving the financial situation of the Organization, delivered to the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) of the General Assembly today:

4 June 2019

SG/SM/19613-GA/12150

Secretary-General Congratulates Tijjani Muhammad Bande on Election as President of Seventy-Fourth General Assembly, Telling Him Full Agenda Awaits

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the election of Tijjani Muhammad Bande as President of the seventy-fourth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:

3 June 2019

SG/SM/19612

Strongly Condemning Excessive Use of Force by Sudan’s Security Forces, Secretary-General Urges ‘Utmost Restraint’ on All Sides

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

3 June 2019

SG/SM/19610-WOM/2183

Changing Male-Dominated Culture Means Challenging Stereotypes, Addressing Power Imbalances, Secretary-General Tells Women Deliver Conference

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the 2019 Women Deliver Conference in Vancouver today:

3 June 2019

SG/SM/19611-ENV/DEV/1958

Every Day of Inaction Brings Closer ‘a Future None of Us Wants’, Secretary-General Warns in Message for European Union Conference on International Carbon Markets

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the European Union Conference on International Carbon Markets in Brussels today:

1 June 2019

SG/SM/19609-IHA/1467

United Nations Will Not Forget Storm-Ravaged Mozambique, Secretary-General Pledges, Telling Donors $282 Million Appeal Remains Deeply Underfunded

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the International Donors Conference in Beira, Mozambique, today: