Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on World Toilet Day, observed today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society, “Beyond Recovery:  Designing an Inclusive World”, held in Paris and online today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the panel discussion:  a conversation on racism in the workplace, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on climate action, to the European Council on Foreign Relations, held today:

The new Permanent Observer of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to the United Nations, Laetitia Courtois, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Myanmar to the United Nations, Kyaw Moe Tun, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Tunisia to the United Nations, Tarek Ladeb, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations, Antonio Rodrigue, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Canada to the United Nations, Robert Rae, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Increasing demolitions of Palestinian property — and the announcement of 1,200 new construction projects in East Jerusalem — are now the backdrop for a worrying spike in COVID-19 cases in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the senior United Nations official for Middle East peace told a Security Council videoconference meeting today, while calling upon the parties concerned to cooperate urgently on health and economic matters.