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Statements and Messages

24 May 2023

SG/SM/21809

Africa Spends More on Debt Servicing than Health Care, Secretary-General Tells High-level Policy Dialogue, Urging Financing, Investment in Continent

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks for the Africa Dialogue Series’ High-level Policy Dialogue titled “Market and Scale: Unlocking Industrialization through Intra-Africa Trade”, in New York today:

23 May 2023

SG/SM/21805

Noting Civilians Have Suffered Deadly Effects of Armed Conflict for Too Long, Secretary-General Tells Security Council We Must ‘Promise to Protect Them’

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on “Protection of civilians in armed conflict”, in New York today:

23 May 2023

SG/SM/21806

Resident Coordinator System ‘Anchor for All Efforts to Help Countries in Achieving 2030 Agenda’, Secretary-General Tells Operational Activities Segment

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Economic and Social Council’s operational activities for development segment, in New York today:

21 May 2023

SG/SM/21804

Strengthen Independence, Authority, Financing of World Health Organization, Says Secretary-General in Message to Global Forum

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the World Health Assembly, held in Geneva today:

19 May 2023

SG/SM/21803

Calling Peacekeepers ‘Beating Heart’ of United Nations Commitment to More Peaceful World, Secretary-General Urges Continued Support for Blue Helmets

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

18 May 2023

SG/SM/21802

End War on Nature, Redirect Subsidies to Green Solutions, Secretary-General Urges in Observance Message Marking International Day for Biological Diversity

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for Biological Diversity, observed on 22 May:

17 May 2023

SG/SM/21801

Collaborative, Innovative Solutions Necessary in Troubled Times, Secretary-General Tells Asian Leadership Conference

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the 2023 Asian Leadership Conference, in Seoul today:

16 May 2023

SG/SM/21800

Mitigating Global Warming, Restoring Ecosystems Necessary for World in Flames, Secretary-General Tells Wildland Fire Conference

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the eighth International Wildland Fire Conference, in Porto today:

16 May 2023

SG/SM/21799

Planet Hurtling towards Hell of Global Heating, Secretary-General Warns Austrian World Summit, Urging Immediate Emissions Cuts, Fair Climate Funding

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the seventh Austrian World Summit, in Vienna today:

15 May 2023

SG/SM/21797

Stressing Importance of Chemical Weapons Convention, Secretary-General Urges Review Conference to Renew Support for Instrument

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the fifth Session of the Review Conference of the States Parties to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Development, Production, Stockpiling and Use of Chemical Weapons and on their Destruction, in The Hague today: