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Pointing to Underfunding, Secretary-General Urges Sustainable Investment for Supporting Front-Line Workers Battling COVID-19, Preventable Diseases, at World Health Assembly

22 May

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the opening of the World Health Assembly, held in Geneva today:

Secretary-General, in Message for Fifteenth Anniversary, Salutes Commitment of Unitaid to Health Equity, Innovation in Addressing Global Challenges

19 May

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the fifteenth anniversary of Unitaid, observed on 22 May:

One Third of Humanity Still Unvaccinated, Secretary-General Tells GAVI COVAX Advance Market Commitment Summit 2022, Citing ‘Deeply Unequal World’

8 Apr

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the GAVI COVAX Advance Market Commitment Summit 2022, “One World Protected - Break COVID Now”, in New York today:

‘Scandalously Unequal’ Vaccines Gap Due to Prioritizing Rich-World Health over Poor, Secretary-General Says, in Statement on 2 Years of COVID-19

9 Mar

The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:

Inequity ‘a Moral Indictment of Our Times’, Secretary-General Tells Universal Vaccination Debate, Saying It Gives COVID Free Reign to Circulate Unchecked

25 Feb

Following is the text of Secretary-General António Guterres’ video remarks to the high-level thematic debate on “Galvanizing Momentum for Universal Vaccination”, in New York today:

Deputy Secretary-General Hails ‘Incredible’ Efforts of Haitian Front-Line Workers, Communities, in Remarks at Haiti Technical Conference on Cholera Elimination

17 Feb

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Haiti Technical Conference on Cholera Elimination in Port-au-Prince today:

Calling Vaccine Inequity ‘Biggest Moral Failure of Our Times’, Secretary-General Says Focus Must Be on Fairness, in COVID-19 Tools Accelerator Launch Remarks

9 Feb

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Access to COVID-19 Tools Accelerator (ACT-Accelerator) campaign launch, held virtually, today:

1.7 Billion People at Risk from Neglected Tropical Diseases, Deputy Secretary-General Warns in Observance Message, Calling for Action to End Poverty, Inequality

28 Jan

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message for World Neglected Tropical Diseases Day 2022, observed on 30 January:

Secretary-General Calls for Investments in Monitoring, Detection, Rapid Response, in International Day Message on Epidemic Preparedness

27 Dec

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day Message on Epidemic Preparedness, observed today:

Health Care Must Leave No One Behind, Secretary-General Says in International Day Message, Calling COVID-19 Vaccine Dispersal ‘a Global Moral Failure’

8 Dec

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on International Universal Health Coverage Day, observed on 12 December: