U.N. Secretary-General Guterres Issues Message on International Day of Education
January 24, 2026
January 24, 2026
NEW YORK, Jan. 24 -- United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres issued the following message on the occasion of the International Day of Education:
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Education is a human right, and a springboard to greater opportunity, dignity and peace.
Yet around the world, 272 million children and young people lack access to education because of poverty, discrimination, conflict, displacement and disasters.
On this International Day of Educatio . . .
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Education is a human right, and a springboard to greater opportunity, dignity and peace.
Yet around the world, 272 million children and young people lack access to education because of poverty, discrimination, conflict, displacement and disasters.
On this International Day of Educatio . . .