Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction: “The role of education in protecting and empowering youth for a disaster-free future”, observed on 13 October:

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) elected Egriselda Aracely González López (El Salvador) Chair on 6 June.

The new Permanent Representative of Sweden to the United Nations, Nicola Clase, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the United Nations, Lise Gregoire-van Haaren, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to mark one year since the 7 October 2023 attacks, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Rossana Dudziak of the United States as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Peru, with the host Government’s approval, starting today.

The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the nineteenth Summit of La Francophonie is not available in English.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the bicentenary of the founding of the Basotho Nation, in Lesotho, today:

The First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) elected Maritza Chan Valverde (Costa Rica) Chair on 6 June.