Transcript Excerpts: António Guterres, Press Conference (September 16, 2026)
Summary and short excerpts from UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s September 16, 2026 press conference, with a link to the full UN transcript.
Speaker: António Guterres, UN Secretary-General
Date: September 16, 2026
Venue / event: Press conference at the start of the 81st UN General Assembly session, UN Headquarters
Type: Press conference · Country / body: United Nations
Original source: United Nations (UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases)
Copyright status: UN copyright: reproduction requires written permission, so excerpt only (see terms)
Translation: Delivered in English; no translation.
Verified against source: yes, on October 3, 2026. Each excerpt was compared with a saved copy of the original page.
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Contents
- Short excerpts (Verbatim)
- Summary (paraphrase)
- Source and license
- Related coverage
- Corrections and takedowns
Short excerpts (Verbatim)
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- “At this crucial moment in the Middle East, de-escalation must be priority one, priority two and priority three.” See in the Quote Tracker
- “The peace plan for Gaza must be fully implemented with unrestricted humanitarian aid, and the creeping annexation of the West Bank must stop.” See in the Quote Tracker
- “…we are well into the fifth year of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine — with immense civilian suffering, cascading global consequences and no end in sight.” See in the Quote Tracker
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Summary (paraphrase)
Summary (paraphrase, Peter’s World)UN Secretary-General António Guterres held a press conference at the start of the General Assembly’s 81st session and took questions on the Middle East, Ukraine, Security Council reform and artificial intelligence.
Source and license
- Original: United Nations (UN Meetings Coverage and Press Releases) (opened and saved on October 3, 2026).
- Copyright: UN copyright: reproduction requires written permission, so excerpt only. Terms page: https://www.un.org/en/about-us/copyright.
- Translation: Delivered in English; no translation.
- Editor’s note: Excerpt only: UN terms of use require written permission to reproduce UN web content.
- Editorial method: The summary is our own paraphrase and is labelled as such; excerpts are verbatim. Part of the Speech and Interview Transcripts library.
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