Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Linda Thomas-Greenfield (United States):

NEW YORK, 23 August (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its fifty-eighth session at United Nations Headquarters, from 5 July to 22 August.

The new Permanent Representative of Botswana to the United Nations, Gladys Mokhawa, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Uzbekistan to the United Nations, Ulugbek Lapasov, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations, Sanita Pavļuta-Deslandes, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Linda Thomas-Greenfield (United States):

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed on 29 August:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of George Conway of Canada as his new Deputy Special Representative for Somalia with the United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia (UNSOM) and Resident Coordinator in Somalia. Mr. Conway will also serve as the Humanitarian Coordinator.

On 4 August 2023, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya, met with a delegation from the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), an entity subject to the assets-freeze measures imposed in resolutions 1970 (2011) and 1973 (2011), as modified by resolution 2009 (2011), and a representative from Ernst & Young, an audit company for the LIA through VTC [video-teleconference].