“appalled and deeply saddened”
UN Secretary-General · United Nations · 27 verified quotes on record since June 26, 2026
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“without the realisation of the legitimate rights of the Palestinian people to self-determination”
“the specter of ethnic cleansing”
“all countries, especially the big emitters, must do more”
“the war on nature has not ended”
“nature will not survive on good intentions”
“allow countries and cultures to vanish beneath the waves”
“bulldozing the path to peace and raising the spectre of ethnic cleansing”
“developed an internal action plan to address these challenges sustainably and comprehensively”
“These are chapters of the same story. The story of power. Who has it? Who is denied it?”
“to ensure that power is governed by law”
“themselves violate international law and sit in the Security Council”
“Every single day the percentage of developed countries (share) in global GDP diminishes a little bit, and every single day the percentage of emerging economies (share) in the global GDP increases a little bit”
“real prospects for an outcome”
“The way power is distributed and power is used in our world does not allow multilateral institutions to act effectively”
“is racing ahead of our understanding of the risks”
“saddened by the severe flooding”
“dialogue over division, co-operation over confrontation and common security over narrow advantage”
“adding fuel to a planet already on fire”
“this is only a warm-up act”
“the world must stop fuelling the crisis…. more coal, oil and gas will lead to a more combustible future”
“into an ever-widening circle of confrontation”
“masks underlying fragility and disparities across countries, regions and sectors”
“disinformation, smear campaigns, legislative actions, operational restrictions, diplomatic roadblocks and more”
“Any further cuts could push conditions past the breaking point”
“deeply concerned about UNRWA’s liquidity crisis, which jeopardizes its ability to implement its mandate”
“crisis of extraordinary magnitude”