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World Oceans Day: Post-COVID Recovery Should Lock in Ocean Sustainability, says Commonwealth Secretary-General

June 6, 2020

The Commonwealth Secretary-General is urging governments to ensure their countries’ post-COVID economic recoveries are environmentally sustainable and safe for the ocean. Forty-seven of the Commonwealth’s 54 member countries have a coastline while 25 are either small island developing states or ‘big ocean states’ relying heavily on the ocean for food and income. On World Oceans Day (8 June), Secretary-General […]

Journalism Without Fear or Favour

May 3, 2020

World Press Freedom Day (3 May) Journalists and media workers are crucial to helping us make informed decisions. As the world fights the COVID-19 pandemic, those decisions can make the difference between life and death. On World Press Freedom Day, we call on governments — and others — to guarantee that journalists can do […]

Coronavirus: EU Global Response to Fight the Pandemic

April 9, 2020

Today, the European Commission and the High Representative set out plans for a robust and targeted EU response to support partner countries’ efforts in tackling the coronavirus pandemic. The EU’s collective action will focus on addressing the immediate health crisis and resulting humanitarian needs, strengthening partner countries’ health, water and sanitation systems and their research […]

World Health Day (7 April)

April 7, 2020

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL MESSAGE ON WORLD HEALTH DAY 7 April 2020 World Health Day this year comes at a very difficult time for all of us. My message today is to our health care workers — the nurses, midwives, technicians, paramedics, pharmacists, doctors, drivers, cleaners, administrators and many others — who work, day and night to […]

UNWTO Launches a Call for Action for Tourism’s COVID-19 Mitigation and Recovery

April 1, 2020

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) has released a set of recommendations calling for urgent and strong support to help the global tourism sector not only recover from the unprecedented challenge of COVID-19 but to ‘grow back better’. The Recommendations are the first output of the Global Tourism Crisis Committee, established by UNWTO with high-level representatives […]

Launch of Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19

March 25, 2020

THE SECRETARY-GENERAL REMARKS AT LAUNCH OF GLOBAL HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN FOR COVID-19 New York, 25 March 2020 The world faces an unprecedented threat. The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly covered the globe. It has spread suffering, disrupted billions of lives and endangered the global economy. COVID-19 is menacing the whole of humanity – and so the whole […]

COVID-19: We Will Come Through This Together

March 16, 2020

by António Guterres The upheaval caused by the coronavirus – COVID-19 — is all around us. And I know many are anxious, worried and confused. That’s absolutely natural. We are facing a health threat unlike any other in our lifetimes. Meanwhile, the virus is spreading, the danger is growing, and our health systems, economies and […]

Grenada’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review on 27 January

January 23, 2020

Grenada’s human rights record to be reviewed by Universal Periodic Review GENEVA (22 January 2020) – Grenada’s human rights record will be examined by the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review (UPR) Working Group for the third time on Monday, 27 January 2020 in a meeting that will be webcast live. Grenada is one of the 14 States to […]

Sport has ‘Unparalleled Potential’ to Boost Equality and Peace

September 9, 2019

The Secretary-General has outlined how sport can be harnessed to boost international development by “changing perceptions and altering attitudes”. Speaking at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly in Kigali, Rwanda, Patricia Scotland said the “wide appeal and reach” of sport can be used to “accelerate progress” in areas such as gender equality and political inclusivity. […]

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