"ANTONIO GUTERRES"

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said the recent normalization agreements between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain violate the Arab Peace Initiative adding that the PLO “has not given a mandate to anyone to speak or negotiate on behalf of the Palestinian people.” UNIFEED

“Today’s crises have put a magnifying glass on the social and economic injustices that bedevil our societies,” UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Friday, and proposed “governance models and structures that work for the common good, with an intergenerational perspective.” UNIFEED

Summit-level debate of the Security Council on Maintenance of international peace and security: Global governance post Covid-19.

High level meeting discussing the death penalty and gender dimension: exploring disadvantage and systemic barriers affecting death sentences.

Convened by the Secretary-General on the sidelines of the UN General-Assembly, the High-Level Climate Change event brings together global leaders who will showcase the most far-reaching climate actions they are taking.

With the COVID-19 pandemic having disrupted plans to hold the annual international UN climate meeting - known as the COP - this year, the UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Boris Johnson have announced that they will instead co-host a “landmark global event” on 12 December, the fifth anniversary of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement. UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said the COVID-19 pandemic is a “clear test of international cooperation – a test we have essentially failed” as a result of a “lack of global preparedness, cooperation, unity and solidarity.” UNIFEED

UN human rights chief Michelle Bachelet said, “women face gender discrimination in the application of the death penalty,” adding that “women are judged not only on the basis of their crime, but because they are perceived to have betrayed traditional gender roles.” UNIFEED

High-Level Digital Cooperation event, focused on concrete actions to safeguard the technological era for future generations.

Addressing the Annual Ministerial Meeting of Foreign Ministers of Landlocked Developing Countries, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said “the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic is exacerbating the plight " of these nations, as "trade, transport and distribution have been upended." UNIFEED