Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mona Juul (Norway):

The new Permanent Representative of Malawi to the United Nations, Agnes Mary Chimbiri-Molande, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the United Nations, Georges Nzongola-Ntalaja, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Algeria to the United Nations, Mohamed Ennadir Larbaoui, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

A year into the altered reality that was life during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Security Council found itself in a largely transitional period, focused on shifting geopolitical dynamics and struggling to keep pace with increasingly dire humanitarian needs, as conflicts flared amid the pandemic’s fallout, a vastly unequal recovery began to take shape and extreme poverty rose globally for the first time in decades.

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

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today formalized his prior announcement that Amina J. Mohammed of Nigeria will continue in her role as Deputy Secretary-General during his second term.

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the opening ceremony of the World Youth Forum, held in Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt, today:

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