Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, in Hiroshima, Japan, today:

On 5 August 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic approved the following individual to be added to its list of individuals and entities:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Dian Triansyah Djani (Indonesia):

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the launch of the policy brief on education and COVID-19, in New York today:

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

The United Nations Department of Global Communications will open the online exhibition “Forgotten Victims:  The Nazi Genocide of the Roma and the Sinti” on Thursday, 6 August, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m. EST via Microsoft Live Events.

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

On 3 August 2020, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 751 (1992) concerning Somalia adopted an Implementation Assistance Notice:  “Summary of the improvised explosive device (IED) components ban and regulations in place for exportation of explosive materials to Somalia.”

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Youth Day, observed on 12 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed on 9 August: