Press Release

United Nations Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping on Thursday, 25 May.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the “Digital Dilemmas” exhibition, in New York today:

United Nations Peacekeeping is marking its 75th anniversary by participating in a special Inside Out art activation in New York’s historic Times Square to celebrate all those who work together in the cause of global peace.

A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.

The Review Conference on the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea of 10 December 1982 relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks will be resumed from 22 to 26 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

The Special Committee on Decolonization will hold the 2023 Pacific Regional Seminar in Bali, Indonesia, from 24 to 26 May within the framework of the fourth International Decade for the Eradication of Colonialism (2021-2030).

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s commencement address, as prepared for delivery, to the Tufts University Class of 2023, in Boston, United States, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the World Health Assembly, held in Geneva today:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for Biological Diversity, observed on 22 May: