United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Volker Türk of Austria as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, following approval by the General Assembly. He will succeed Michelle Bachelet of Chile, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her commitment and dedicated service to the United Nations.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered on his behalf by Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, to the United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism, in New York today:
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the launch of the Human Development Report, “Uncertain Times, Unsettled Lives: Shaping our Future in a World in Transformation”, today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, observed 9 September:
The new Permanent Representative of the Philippines to the United Nations, Antonio Manuel Revilla Lagdameo, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations, Amir Saeid Iravani, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The first United Nations Global Congress of Victims of Terrorism, organized by the United Nations Office of Counter-Terrorism, will be held on 8 and 9 September at the United Nations Headquarters in New York under the theme of “Advancing the Rights and Needs of Victims of Terrorism”.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the International Cooperation Forum and Meeting of African Ministers of Finance, Economy and Environment in preparation for the twenty-seventh conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), held today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, observed today:
