Press Release

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:

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Arnhild Spence of Norway as the United Nations Development Coordinator in Kosovo. She took up her post on 5 September.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nicolas de Rivière (France):

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security, in New York today: