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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE OZONE LAYER
New York, 16 September 2020 There are few global agreements as successful as the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. Today, on World Ozone Day, we celebrate 35 years of this convention, which was the…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON THE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY
New York, 15 September 2020 As the world confronts COVID-19, democracy is crucial in ensuring the free flow of information, participation in decision-making and accountability for the response to the pandemic. Yet since the…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS AT THE CLOSING OF THE SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
New York, 15 September 2020 I am pleased to join you for the closing of the 74 th session of the General Assembly -- a session like no other in the past 75 years. The last seven months have been extremely difficult for the…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS ON OPENING OF THE FIRST PLENARY MEETING OF THE 75TH SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY
New York, 15 September 2020 It is a pleasure to be with you again for the opening of the 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Let me begin by warmly congratulating His Excellency Ambassador Volkan Bozkir of…
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UNIFIL naval peacekeepers rescue 37 stranded at sea
This morning, a United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) Maritime Task Force (MTF) ship located at sea outside Lebanese territorial waters a boat with 37 people inside. Unfortunately, one of them had already passed…
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UNSMIL Statement on the Protests in al-Marj City on 12 September 2020
13 September 2020 - UNSMIL expresses grave concern regarding reports that one civilian was killed, three were injured, and a number of other demonstrators were arrested on 12 September following the reported excessive use of…
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UNIFIL peacekeepers test positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus
Ninety UNIFIL peacekeepers have tested positive for COVID-19 Coronavirus. The peacekeepers who have tested positive, 88 of them from the same contingent and two from another troop contributing country are in complete…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON UNITED NATIONS DAY FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION
New York, 12 September 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is devastating lives and livelihoods around the world. It poses the greatest risks to developing countries and to vulnerable people and communities. As we mark this year’s…
Statement by UN envoy Deborah Lyons on start of Afghanistan peace talks
KABU L - The United Nations family in Afghanistan welcomes upcoming face-to-face peace talks between Afghan parties in Doha, Qatar. The suffering of the Afghan people has gone on for far too long. The UN joins the country’s…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE 2020 REPORT ON PEACEBUILDING AND SUSTAINING PEACE
New York, 11 September 2020 I thank the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council for convening this joint briefing on my Report on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace – focusing on the 2020 review of the…