Press Release

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

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Youth, “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development”, observed on 12 August:

On 30 July 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) removed the following entries from its Sanctions List of individuals and entities:

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Dushanbe from Astana, Kazakhstan, on Thursday evening, 4 July.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Ashgabat from Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on Friday evening, 5 July.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Tamchy from Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on Monday evening, 1 July.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Tashkent from New York on Sunday afternoon, 30 June.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Almaty from Tamchy, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday morning, 3 July. He went immediately to the UN Common premises, where he had a brief tour of the “UN and Me” exhibition and watched a presentation by the Central Asian Regional Glaciological Center.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, held in Paris today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the press on extreme heat, in New York today: