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UN Secretary-General Calls on Private Sector to Help Developing Countries with Post-Pandemic Recovery

António Guterres urges governments, the private sector and international financial institutions to work together to build up private investment in low-income countries and rebuild economies Manufacturers and pharmaceutical companies can ensure vaccine equity by supporting the local production of tests and treatments, sharing know-how and technology The global financial system needs to be redesigned to …

World Press Freedom Day

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres: Message on World Press Freedom Day 3 May 2017 VIENNA, 3 May (UN Information Service) – Journalists go to the most dangerous places to give voice to the voiceless. Media workers suffer character assassination, sexual assault, detention, injuries and even death. We need leaders to defend a free media. This …

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres: Message on World Autism Awareness Day

2 April 2017 VIENNA, 2 April (UN Information Service) – On this World Autism Awareness Day, let us all play a part in changing attitudes toward persons with autism and in recognizing their rights as citizens, who, like everyone else, are entitled to claim those rights and make decisions for their lives in accordance with …

Statement by the United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Refugees

New York, 31 January 2017 NEW YORK/VIENNA, 31 January (UN Information Service) – On my way back from Ethiopia, the largest refugee-hosting country in Africa that for decades has been keeping its borders open to hundreds of thousands of refugees from its neighbours, many times in dramatic security situations, I want to state the following: …