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CARBON NEUTRALITY BY 2050: THE WORLD’S MOST URGENT MISSION OP-ED ARTICLE BY UN SECRETARY-GENERAL ANTÓNIO GUTERRES
As the world marks the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the landmark Paris Agreement on climate change, a promising movement for carbon neutrality is taking shape. By next month, countries representing more than 65 per…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS AT THE CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT
New York, 12 December 2020 I am pleased to welcome you to the Climate Ambition Summit on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement. Five years after Paris, we are still not going in the right direction. Paris promised to…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS TO PRESS AT CLIMATE AMBITION SUMMIT
New York, 12 December, 2020 At today’s Climate Ambition Summit, I appealed to leaders worldwide to declare a State of Climate Emergency in their countries until carbon neutrality is reached. There can be no doubting or…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE DAY
New York, 12 December 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us just how important it is for all countries to have strong health systems that provide the entire population with quality services when and where they need them…
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Spokesperson for the Secretary-General - on the Special Tribunal for Lebanon
The Secretary-General takes note of today’s delivery by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon of the sentencing decision of Mr. Salim Jamil Ayyash to five concurrent sentences of life imprisonment. On 18 August 2020, Mr. Ayyash…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE ON INTERNATIONAL MOUNTAIN DAY
New York, 11 December 2020 Mountains are home to stunning biodiversity. Mountain regions host more than a quarter of terrestrial plants and animals and 30 per cent of key biodiversity areas on land. At a time of accelerating…
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The Security and Gender Group calls for concrete actions to respond to the “shadow pandemic” of violence against women and girls
10 December 2020 As the global campaign of 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence comes to an end, the Security and Gender Group (SGG) calls for the elimination of all forms of violence against women and girls, and…
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On Human Rights Day, SRSG Zahir Tanin Calls for Placing Human Rights at the Core of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery
10 December 2020 - On the occasion of International Human Rights Day, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of UNMIK, Zahir Tanin, renews the UN’s commitment to support Kosovo institutions and other…
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Statement of the Co-Chairs (Netherlands, Switzerland and UNSMIL) of the International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Working Group of the International Follow-up Committee on Libya on International Human Rights Day
‘Rights Commitments Should Be Central in Libya’s Ongoing Political Process’ On International Human Rights Day, the co-chairs of the Working Group on International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights under the Berlin process –…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY 2020 “RECOVER BETTER: STAND UP FOR HUMAN RIGHTS”
New York, 10 December 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic has reinforced two fundamental truths about human rights. First, human rights violations harm us all. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate impact on vulnerable…