Press Release

On 6 June 2024, the United Nations General Assembly elected Philemon Yang of Cameroon as President of its seventy-ninth session, which runs from September 2024 until September 2025.

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

Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the seventy-ninth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, observed on 26 September:

Following are Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the closing of the seventy-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York today:

The new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, Parvathaneni Harish, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Slovakia to the United Nations, Peter Hulényi, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Gabon to the United Nations, Ghislain Ondias Okouma, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Nauru to the United Nations, Lara Erab Daniel, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Panama to the United Nations, Eloy Alfaro de Alba, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.