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Challenges facing the world: Secretary-General on the United Nations at 75
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On the eve of the 75th United Nations General Assembly, Secretary-General António Guterres offers insights into the challenges facing the world and the solutions offered by multilateralism. At a time of unprecedented ...
The 75th UN General Assembly
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On Mandela Day, UN Chief Urges New Social Contract for New Era
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UN Secretary-General António Guterres gives the 18th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture virtually from New York. In an impassioned address, he challenges people and partners everywhere to combat the “inequality pandemic” a...
Weaving a Way to Independence
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In Kavumu, a village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, a young woman found a way to change her life. Neema joined a community project, where she learned how to read and write as well as to weave baskets. Co...
75th Anniversary of UN Charter
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Today we face a global pandemic. Hoje enfrentamos uma pandemia global. Worldwide, people rightly raise their voices against racism. Confronting problems is a start. But we also have to solve them. We have a timele...
“We are in an unprecedented situation & normal rules no longer apply” – UN Chief
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Facing a global health crisis “unlike any in the 75-year history of the United Nations,” Secretary-General António Guterres today (19 Mar) called for a “coordinated, decisive, and innovative policy action from the wor...
Declare War on this Virus – U.N. Chief on the Coronavirus COVID-19 (13 March 2020)
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“We Must Declare War on this Virus”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in his comments on global response to the spread of the COVID-19, calling on governments to cooperate in order to “ensure targeted suppor...
Zero Budget Natural Farming: An Agricultural Revolution is Taking Shape in India
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Our story follows Satyavati – a young woman from the Araku Valley in Andhra Pradesh, India, as she compels her community to adopt a farming practice that is revolutionizing small-scale farming across India. Zero Budge...
International Women’s Day – UN Chief (8 March 2020)
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Video message by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General on International Women's Day. Gender equality is fundamentally a question of power. Transforming the balance of power is essential, not o...
Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, 1920-2020
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Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, who served as United Nations Secretary-General for a turbulent decade beginning in 1982, has left a legacy of peace around the world through his efforts to foster dialogue, bring parties toget...
How we can prevent tomorrow’s genocides – a conversation with war crimes expert, Theodor Meron
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Judge Theodor Meron is World War II survivor who fled Poland after the Nazis invaded in 1939. He would later become a Judge for UN International Criminal Tribunals. Judge Meron tells us about the importance of heeding...
2020 United Nations New Year Message
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Video message by United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on the occasion of the 2020 New Year. --- From here at the United Nations, I join you in welcoming the New Year. We enter 2020 with uncertainty and ...