Gaza, Climate Change & other topics - Daily Press Briefing (21 July 2025) | United Nations

Noon Briefing by Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Highlights: - Secretary-General/Clean Energy Age - Secretary-General/Security Council - Secretary-General/High-Level Political Forum - Occupied Palestinian Territory - Gaza Statement - Yemen - Lebanon/Israel - Syria - Democratic Republic of the Congo - Sudan - Ukraine - Guests SECRETARY-GENERAL/CLEAN ENERGY AGE Tomorrow, at 9:00 a.m., here at UN Headquarters, the Secretary-General will deliver a special address entitled ‘Moment of Opportunity: Supercharging the Clean Energy Age'. This is a follow-up to his Moment of Truth speech last year on climate. In his address, Mr. Guterres will highlight that the clean energy future is no longer a promise, it’s a fact, and no government, no industry, and no special interest can stop it. Although unstoppable, the energy transition is not yet fast enough or fair enough, as he is expected to tell you. He will also share new data from a specialized technical report prepared by his Climate Action Team with the support of various UN agencies, funds and programmes as well as leading international institutions. The report, which will be released tomorrow, shows the latest available science and evidence on the progress, opportunities, and benefits of the emerging clean energy economy. The speech will be broadcast live on UN Web TV. SECRETARY-GENERAL/SECURITY COUNCIL At 10:00 a.m., tomorrow, the Secretary-General will deliver remarks at the Security Council’s open debate on Maintenance of international peace and security: Promoting international peace and security through multilateralism and the peaceful settlement of disputes. He is expected to note that around the world, we can see an utter disregard for — if not outright violations of international law, including international human rights law, international refugee law, international humanitarian law, and the UN Charter itself, and all of this without any accountability. The Secretary-General is expected to highlight that diplomacy may not have always succeeded in preventing conflicts, violence and instability, but it still holds the power to stop them. He is also expected to speak to the situation in Gaza in his remarks tomorrow. SECRETARY-GENERAL/HIGH-LEVEL POLITICAL FORUM This morning, in the General Assembly Hall, the Secretary-General spoke to the High-level Political Forum. He underscored that this year, the Forum arrives at a time of profound challenges, but also real possibility. Mentioning the Pandemic Agreement adopted by the World Health Organization, government commitments at the Third UN Ocean Conference and also the Fourth International Financing for Development Conference, where countries agreed to a new vision for global finance, he noted that these are not isolated wins. The Secretary-General also highlighted that they are signs of momentum, signs that multilateralism can deliver, and that transformation is not only necessary, it is possible. Full Highlights: https://www.un.org/sg/en/content/noon-briefing-highlight?date%5Bvalue%5D%5Bdate%5D=21%20July%202025


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