Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Ocean Race Summit, in Cabo Verde today:

At least 32 United Nations peacekeeping personnel — 28 military and four police, including one woman police officer — were killed in deliberate attacks in 2022, the United Nations Staff Union said today.

On behalf of the Secretary-General, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed; the Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women), Sima Bahous; and the Assistant Secretary-General of the Department of Political, Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations, Khaled Khiari, completed a four-day visit to Afghanistan to appraise the situation, engage de facto authorities and underscore United Nations solidarity with the Afghan people.

​​​​​​​Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the occasion of the Chinese Lunar New Year 2023, observed on 19 January:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the World Economic Forum, in Davos, Switzerland, today:

Following the recommendation of the Secretary-General, after consultation with Member States, the General Assembly confirmed Inger Andersen of Denmark as Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) for a further four-year term beginning on 15 June 2023 and ending on 14 June 2027.

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its fifty-seventh session from 23 January to 10 March.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Education, observed on 24 January:

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