"MARCELO REBELO DE SOUSA"

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, President of Portugal, addresses the general debate of the 78th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 19 - 23 and 26 September 2023).

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

After receiving the Carlos V European Award, Secretary-General António Guterres urged “to heal division, prevent escalation and listen to grievances,” and said, “Instead of bullets, we need diplomatic arsenals.” COURTESY CANAL EXTREMADURA

From the war in Ukraine to the response in health crisis and providing life-saving humanitarian aid, the work of the United Nations remained vital in a year marked by multiple overlapping crises. UNIFEED

With emissions set to rise 14 per cent by 2030, Secretary-General calls for urgent climate action now, in Economic and Social Council address.

The five-day UN Ocean Conference ended today with more than 150 countries collectively agreeing to scale up science-based and innovative actions to address the ocean emergency. UNIFEED

Speaking at the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, French President Emmanuel Macron said, “we want to have this treaty on the high seas,” but, he said, “this is something that we're discussing for seven years, so it's high time to accomplish it.” UNIFEED

Today in Lisbon, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António Guterres, addressed the opening ceremony of the 2022 Ocean Conference, along with the leaders of the two co-hosting nations – Portugal and Kenya and warned that we have taken the ocean for granted, and today we face what he would call an “Ocean Emergency”, adding that "we must now turn the tide." UNIFEED

Secretary-General António Guterres, actor and ocean activist Jason Momoa, and the President of Portugal, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, gathered at Carcavelos Beach, in Portugal, with youth delegates from all over the world, kickstarting the Ocean Conference that will take place this week in Lisbon. UNIFEED

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