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29 March 2019

SG/SM/19524

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:

28 March 2019

SG/SM/19516-DC/3798-OBV/1872

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:

28 March 2019

SG/SM/19517-PKO/773

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

SG/SM/19518-GA/12132-ENV/DEV/1933

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:

27 March 2019

SG/SM/19515-OBV/1871

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

SG/SM/19511-OBV/1869-ORG/1689

Marking International Day of Solidarity, Secretary-General Calls upon All Countries to Support Convention on Protecting United Nations, Associated Personnel

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed today:

25 March 2019

SG/SM/19514-GA/12130-HR/5429

Contribution to Arts Made by People of African Descent Critical in Struggle for Equality, Says Secretary-General at Meeting Commemorating Slavery Victims

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly commemorative meeting for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, in New York today:

25 March 2019

SG/SM/19512-DC/3797

Machines Capable of Taking Lives without Human Involvement Are Unacceptable, Secretary-General Tells Experts on Autonomous Weapons Systems

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Michael Møller, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, to the meeting of the group of experts on emerging technologies in the area of lethal autonomous weapons systems, in Geneva today:

25 March 2019

SG/SM/19513-GA/12129-OBV/1870

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:

23 March 2019

SG/SM/19509

Secretary-General Welcomes Formation of Government in Central African Republic Consistent with Political Agreement for Peace, Reconciliation

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