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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EPIDEMIC PREPAREDNESS
New York, 27 December 2021 COVID-19 demonstrated how quickly an infectious disease can sweep across the world, push health systems to the brink, and upend daily life for all of humanity. It also revealed our failure to learn…
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Secretary-General’s New Year’s Message
The world welcomes 2022 with our hopes for the future being tested. By deepening poverty and worsening inequality. By an unequal distribution of COVID vaccines. By climate commitments that fall short. And by ongoing conflict…
Pilot training for trainers on the use of education for justice materials
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF EDUCATION
New York, 24 January 2022 The COVID-19 pandemic has caused chaos in education worldwide. Some 1.6 billion school and college students had their studies interrupted at the peak of the pandemic -- and it’s not over yet. Today…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COMMEMORATION IN MEMORY OF THE VICTIMS OF THE HOLOCAUST
New York, 27 January 2022 Today we remember the six million Jewish men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust, the Roma and Sinti, and the countless other victims of its unprecedented horror and calculated cruelty…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE CALLING FOR THE OBSERVANCE OF THE OLYMPIC TRUCE FORTHE BEIJING WINTER OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES
New York, 28 January 2022 In a few days, our human family will come together in Beijing for the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. The top athletes from around the world have a date with history, in a spirit of mutual…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE FOR THE LUNAR NEW YEAR
Chun Jie Kuai Le! Happy Lunar New Year. I am pleased to send you my warmest greetings as we begin the Year of the Tiger. The tiger denotes strength, vitality, courage, tenacity, and boldness. These are qualities we need as we…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF HUMAN FRATERNITY
New York, 4 February 2022 On the International Day of Human Fraternity, we reflect on the importance of cultural and religious understanding, and mutual respect. I am grateful to religious leaders across the world who are…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE’S INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WOMEN AND GIRLS IN SCIENCE
New York, 11 February 2022 Today, only one in three science and engineering researchers in the world is a woman. Structural and societal barriers prevent women and girls from entering and advancing in science . The COVID-19…
- Women Leaders' Caucus
SRSG Natalia Gherman addresses the Regional CSW 66 Consultations on gender equality and climate change
Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
New York, 8 March 2022 On International Women’s Day, we celebrate women and girls everywhere. We celebrate their contributions to ending the COVID-19 pandemic. Their ideas, innovations and activism that are changing our world…