"ANTONIO GUTERRES"

Secretary-General António Guterres visited a United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) art installation that calls attention to the COVID-19 education emergency and raises awareness about the need for governments to keep schools open. UNIFEED

In a statement read by UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said the outcome of today’s High-Level Pledging Event is disappointing adding that cutting aid to Yemenis is a “death sentence.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General António Guterres received his second COVID-19 vaccine shot at the Morris Academy for Collaborative Studies in the Bronx, New York, on Friday. UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is following closely the reports of a US airstrike targeting sites in eastern Syria. He called on all concerned sides to “exercise restraint and avoid escalation,” said a UN Spokesperson. UNIFEED

The Secretary-General’s Special Envoy on Myanmar, Christine Schraner Burgener, condemned recent steps taken by the military in Myanmar and urged the international community “to collectively send a clear signal in support of democracy in Myanmar.” UNIFEED

After presenting her credentials to Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the United States incoming Permanent Representative, Linda Thomas-Greenfield said, “diplomacy is about showing compassion, it’s about managing points of differentiation, and it’s about bringing people together,” and added that “the United Nations is the world’s most important forum for bringing people and countries together.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has extended the mandate of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and reaffirmed the UN’s commitment to support its work “in the fight against impunity for major crimes, in order to bring those responsible to justice,” according to a spokesperson. UNIFEED

The informal meeting discusses progress made exactly one year after UN Secretary-General António Guterres issued a Call to Action for Human Rights, a seven-point blueprint aimed at boosting equality and reducing suffering everywhere, and how Member States can contribute to it.

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Briefing by Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.