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UN chief to press G20 for greater solidarity and support during pandemic

20 November 2020
Economic Development

When he addresses leaders of the world’s richest countries at the G20 summit this weekend, UN Secretary-General António Guterres will deliver a simple message on the COVID-19 pandemic: “We need solidarity and cooperation. And we need concrete action now — especially for the most vulnerable.”  

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Make COVID recovery ‘a true turning point’ for people and planet, Guterres urges, calling for concerted action by G20

3 September 2020
Climate and Environment

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called on governments to incorporate “meaningful” climate action in all aspects of recovery from the global pandemic. 

UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe

COVID-19: ‘Phased process’ for lifting restrictions is key, WHO chief urges G20

19 April 2020
Health

The head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a virtual meeting of the G20 leading global economies on Sunday that although it was encouraging for some countries to be planning to ease lockdowns against COVID-19, “it is critical that these measures are a phased process”.

UN Photo/Evan Schneider

A sustainable global economy must arise once COVID-19 pandemic is reversed, UN chief tells G-20 summit

26 March 2020
Health

World leaders at the G-20 virtual summit held on Thursday committed to inject over $5 trillion into the global economy to counteract the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic.

UN Japan/Ichiro Mae

G-20 summit provides chance to rally strongly against coronavirus threat: UN chief

24 March 2020
Health

The COVID-19 crisis presents an "extraordinary opportunity" for the world’s leading economic forum to respond to the numerous threats the disease poses to people everywhere, the UN Secretary-General has said.

UN Japan/Ichiro Mae

Create conditions for ‘harmony between humankind and nature’, UN chief says on sidelines of G20 in Japan

29 June 2019
Climate and Environment

The world needs to create conditions for “harmony between humankind and nature”, Secretary-General António Guterres said in Osaka, Japan, during a meeting on Saturday with the Foreign Ministers of China and France, on the margins of the G20 summit.

G20 Osaka Summit 2019

Amidst ‘high political tension’, UN chief appeals to G20 leaders for stronger commitment to climate action, economic cooperation 

28 June 2019
Climate and Environment

The annual G20 summit of leaders from the largest and fastest-growing economies, got underway on Friday in Osaka, Japan, against a backdrop of what UN Secretary-General António Guterres described as “a moment of high political tension”.

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UN chief welcomes G20 commitment to fight climate change

2 December 2018
Economic Development

UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, has welcomed the declaration released on Saturday at the conclusion of the 2018 G20 meeting of the world’s leading economies, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, which reaffirms a commitment to raise ambition in the fight against climate change.

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G20 told crucial COP24 climate change conference 'must succeed': Guterres

30 November 2018
Climate and Environment

During press briefings at the beginning of the G20 meeting of industrialized nations in Buenos Aires, UN Secretary António Guterres described the event as an essential forum, citing a lack of confidence and high level of confrontation within the international community.

UN Photo/Mark Garten

Back from G20, Ban considering proposals to prompt political solution to Syria crisis

9 September 2013
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today said that two-and-half years of conflict in Syria have produced only “embarrassing paralysis” in the Security Council and that he was considering proposals to the 15-member body in the search for a political solution.