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ASRSG, Stephanie Williams, holds a Consultative Meeting for the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum
Acting Special Representative of the Secretary-General of the United Nations for Libya (ASRSG), Stephanie Williams, held yesterday a virtual consultative meeting for the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF), during which participants laid out their views and proposals on the most suitable and…
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UNSMIL to Convene a Technical Meeting to Agree on Critical Reforms to the Libyan Economy
On 14 and 15 December, ASRSG Stephanie Williams and the co-chairs of the Economic Working Group of the Berlin Process including Egypt, USA and EU, will convene a technical meeting of representatives of Libya's main financial institutions at the UN Office in Geneva to reach an agreement on critical…
- Secretary-General
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 cent of harmful greenhouse gasses and more than 70 per cent of the world…
- Secretary-General
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 limit temperature rise to as close to 1.5 degrees as possible. But the…
- Secretary-General
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 denying that the world faces a climate emergency. The past decade was the hottest…
- Secretary-General
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. This year we have seen the tragedy that strikes when health facilities are…
- Secretary-General
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 was convicted in relation to the 14 February 2005 attack in Beirut that…
- Secretary-General
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 climate change and land degradation, this year’s observance of…
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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
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 respect of women’s rights. Witnessing how the COVID-19 pandemic and a prevailing culture of…
On Human Rights Day, SRSG Zahir Tanin Calls for Placing Human Rights at the Core of the COVID-19 Response and Recovery
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 stakeholders in their efforts to promote and protect human rights for all communities in Kosovo…