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Briefing by Carlos Ruiz Massieu, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Haiti and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), on the question concerning the country.

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Source: United Nations (video statements)

Remarks by Earle Courtenay Rattray, Chef de Cabinet, on behalf of António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General on the Observance of the annual Nelson Mandela International Day.

Marking the Nelson Mandela International Day, Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that ending poverty and inequality requires re-wiring economies and societies to focus on people.

Rattray said, “Madiba was blessed with a rare kind of double vision. He saw the world both for what it was — and what it could be.”

The Chef de Cabinet continued, “he also recognized that progress is never automatic. Progress is the result of action. It’s up to all of us to come together to make that progress real — and through our actions, our advocacy, and our voice, to defeat poverty and inequality. Not as an act of charity, but as an act of justice.”

Rattray also said, “as we mark Mandela Day, let’s re-commit to the timeless principles that defined his life. Freedom. Justice. Equality. Solidarity. Reconciliation. Compassion. Peace.”
“Let’s carry forward Mandela’s vision of a just, inclusive, equal and peaceful world,” he concluded.

President of the General Assembly Annalena Baerbock said, “Nelson Mandela reminded this Assembly, us, of the same principles that guided the founding of this organization. That peace requires more than the absence of conflict. That requires human dignity, justice and equality for all.”

She said, “as we mark the Nelson Mandela International Day, we honor not only that vision. We acknowledge our own responsibility to carry this work, this spirit, forward, as reflected in this year’s theme. It is still in our hands to combat poverty inequality.”

For his part, New York City Mayor’s Office official Shaffiou Assoumanou said, “we need government that commit to the tasks of delivering a life of dignity by putting in place policies that make food, housing and care affordable and available to everyone. Policies that demonstrate our commitment to universal human rights, regardless of where people were born, their gender identity or sexual orientation, their nationality or their immigration status.”

Assoumanou highlighted, “our commitment to this Mandela Day is to nourish the brilliance of people who do small acts of courage and care, and to demand the same kind of brilliance from all of us in government and from our institution.”

International Broadcaster Redi Tlhabi also addressed the General Assembly.

She said, “Mandela understood something that remains profoundly relevant today. Peace without justice is not peace at all. It is only a pause — one that delays the hard work of crafting our shared humanity.”

Tlhabi added that peace without justice is “a fragile truce.”

She also reiterated that the world needs the courage that made Mandela “so deeply inconvenient.” She said, “it needs leaders willing to disturb comfortable injustice before history rewards them for doing so. It needs nations prepared to defend international law, even when it inconveniences powerful allies. It needs institutions that are willing to reform themselves before the world loses faith in them. It needs us to reject forever the seductive argument that the might makes right because it never has and it never will.”

In recognition of the former South African President’s contribution to the culture of peace and freedom, UN General Assembly declared 18 July "Nelson Mandela International Day".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxWzxoMngeo

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Four senior international officials address the UN Security Council with one shared message: Haiti’s future depends on protecting its people—especially its children.

Haiti’s future depends on protecting its people—especially its children, according to senior officials involved in supporting the Caribbean island nation to restore security and hold elections.

Featured voices include representatives from the United Nations, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), and the Gang Suppression Force (GSF), the multinational security mission authorized by the UN Security Council to support Haitian authorities in addressing gang violence.

Their message is clear: lasting peace requires security, justice, opportunity, and hope.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/BtrpoCOSx0M

Source: United Nations (video statements)

Noon briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Highlights:
– World Cup
– Secretary-General/Travels
– Nelson Mandela International Day
– Iran
– Yemen
– UNIFIL
– Occupied Palestinian Territory
– Security Council
– Sudan
– Democratic Republic of the Congo
– Burundi
– Ukraine
– Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator – Burkina Faso
– World Heritage Committee
– World Chess Day
– International Moon Day
– Guests Today and Tomorrow

WORLD CUP

Huge congratulations to the men’s Spanish team on its World Cup victory yesterday. They now join the Spanish Women’s team in being the reigning football world champions.  It’s the first time one country has held both men’s and women’s teams championships at the same time.

By every account, it was a very impressive run by La Roja during the championship, during the games.  

And well played to all of the other teams, as well, who, during the five weeks, provided the world with a lot of emotion … passion, joyfulness and a little bit of heartbreak for some of us. But congratulations to La Roja.   

SECRETARY-GENERAL/TRAVELS

Meanwhile, the Secretary-General is on his way back to New York from China. He will arrive late tonight. Following his attendance at the opening ceremony of the World AI Conference in Shanghai, he travelled to the Yunnan Province.

This morning, in Kunming, the Secretary-General interacted with beneficiaries and local counterparts of UN programmes from agencies such as UNDP, FAO, IFAD and UN Women, supporting the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals in China. He heard first-hand accounts from beneficiaries of projects on biodiversity conservation and ecosystem restoration, promoting nature-based solutions, the sustainable use of medicinal plants and community-based conservation efforts linked to local livelihoods.

The Secretary-General will be back in the office tomorrow.

NELSON MANDELA INTERNATIONAL DAY

Courtenay Rattray, the Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet delivered remarks on behalf of the Secretary-General to the General Assembly in observance of Nelson Mandela International Day, which was observed on Saturday.

In his remarks, the Secretary-General paid tribute to the life and legacy of Madiba. He highlighted that Mandela Day reflects a defining challenge of our time, poverty and inequality, and celebrated Madiba’s ability to see the world both for what it was and what it could be, having recognized that progress is never automatic; it is the result of action.

To honour that legacy, the Secretary-General encouraged all of us to carry forward Mandela’s vision of a just, inclusive, equal and peaceful world.

Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date=2026-07-20

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhrbOf8X01A