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I am pleased to announce with United States Ambassador Kelly Craft the donation of 250,000 protective face masks, just located in United Nations stores in New York, to the United States. These masks, in surplus to United Nations requirements, will...

With the coronavirus pandemic extending to some of the world’s poorest countries, the United Nations is in a race against time to help prevent the further spread of COVID-19. UN country teams are redoubling their support for frontline responders and...

I want to start by thanking the Presidents of the General Assembly, Security Council and the ECOSOC for their solidarity and for their determination and patience with which they have been facing the enormous practical and technical difficulties in...

It is a pleasure to connect with you today through this new virtual format.   I hope you are well and remaining healthy, as well as your colleagues and families. We are facing a human crisis of unprecedented proportion; and we are in this together. ...

We are at war with a virus – and not winning it. It took the world three months to reach 100,000 confirmed cases of infection. The next 100,000 happened in just 12 days. The third took four days. The fourth, just one and a half. This is exponential...

Thank you, Your Majesty, for convening this meeting.   We are at war with a virus – and not winning it.  It took the world three months to reach 100,000 confirmed cases of infection.   The next 100,000 happened in just 12 days.   The third took four...

[Full transcript of this virtual press conference will follow shortly]UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The world faces an unprecedented threat.  The COVID-19 pandemic has rapidly covered the globe. It has spread suffering, disrupted billions...

23 March 2020 Excellency, I welcome the decision by the leaders of the Group of Twenty (G-20) to convene an emergency virtual summit to respond to the catastrophic challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. As the global health crisis spreads human...

[full transcript will be posted shortly] 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...

Our world faces a common enemy: COVID-19.   The virus does not care about nationality or ethnicity, faction or faith.  It attacks all, relentlessly.  Meanwhile, armed conflict rages on around the world.  The most vulnerable — women and children,...

As the spread of the coronavirus accelerates, the United Nations is working to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable are reflected in our response to the emergency.