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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES DAY
New York, 25 April 2020 We mark this first observance of International Delegates Day at a time when international cooperation has never been more important. The COVID-19 pandemic demands united responses from all, without…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY 2020 “Journalism Without Fear or Favour”
New York, 3 May 2020 Journalists and media workers are crucial to helping us make informed decisions. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, those decisions can make the difference between life and death. On World Press…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL -- OP-ED ON COVID AND WOMEN
Early signs are that the COVID-19 virus poses a greater direct health risk to men, and particularly older men. But the pandemic is exposing and exploiting inequalities of all kinds, including gender inequality. In the long…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VIDEO MESSAGE: WE ARE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER: HUMAN RIGHTS AND COVID-19 RESPONSE AND RECOVERY
New York, April 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is a public health emergency — but it is far more. It is an economic crisis. A social crisis. And a human crisis that is fast becoming a human rights crisis. In February, I launched…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON GIRLS IN ICT DAY
New York, 23 April 2020 Girls in ICT Day is all about encouraging girls and young women to take up the exciting potential of a career in information and communications technology. It is also about urging governments, industry…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S VIDEO MESSAGE ON WORLD HEALTH DAY
New York, 7 April 2020 World Health Day this year comes at a very difficult time for all of us. My message today is to our health care workers -- the nurses, midwives, technicians, paramedics, pharmacists, doctors, drivers…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL MINE AWARENESS DAY
New York, 4 April 2020 Decades ago, millions of landmines were buried in countries across the world. From Cambodia to Mozambique, in Angola and in Afghanistan, thousands of lives were lost, with others altered forever because…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF REMEMBRANCE OF THE VICTIMS OF SLAVERY AND THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE
New York, 25 March 2020 This moving memorial commemorates the women, men and children who suffered and died after being forced on to slave ships to cross the Atlantic -- one of the biggest crimes in the history of humankind…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS AT THE NEW SCHOOL: "WOMEN AND POWER"
New York, 27 February 2020 Dear students, dear friends, It is a great pleasure to be here today. Thank you for honouring me with this degree and through me, the United Nations and our staff around the world. The New School is…
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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR WOMEN’S DAY: THE GENDER POWER GAP
New York, 8 March 2020 Women’s rights have made significant progress in recent decades, from the abolition of discriminatory laws to increased numbers of girls in school. But we now face a powerful pushback. Legal protections…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL MOTHER EARTH DAY
New York, 22 April 2020 On this International Mother Earth Day, all eyes are on the COVID-19 pandemic – the biggest test the world has faced since the Second World War. We must work together to save lives, ease suffering and…
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Secretary-General's message on world water day
New York, 22 March 2020