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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AND SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE 2020 REPORT ON PEACEBUILDING AND SUSTAINING PEACE

New York, 11 September 2020

I thank the Presidents of the General Assembly and the Security Council for convening this joint briefing on my Report on Peacebuilding and Sustaining Peace – focusing on the 2020 review of the peacebuilding architecture. 

I thank Member States for engaging actively and helping shape this critical outcome. Despite the extraordinary conditions imposed on us...