‘Time to rethink, transform, and safely restart tourism’, says UN chief

Tourism “touches almost every part of our economies and societies”, enabling the historically marginalized, and “those at risk of being left behind, to benefit from development”, declared UN Secretary-General António Guterres on Monday, marking World Tourism Day.

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Guterres urges countries to recommit to achieving SDGs by 2030 deadline

25 Apr 2023

More than half the world is being left behind at the midpoint for achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, UN Secretary-General António Guterres told ambassadors in New York on Tuesday.

Cities and local government must focus on well-being of people in developing countries

13 Jul 2020

While the scale and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic is being felt in developing and developed countries alike, the President of the UN General Assembly maintained on Monday that the response must focus on “the two-thirds of the world’s population at risk of being left behind”.

Rescue us from our environmental ‘mess’, UN chief urges Stockholm summit

02 Jun 2022

Global wellbeing is at risk – and it’s in large part because we haven’t kept our promises on the environment – UN Secretary-General António Guterres said on Thursday.