Press Release

Following is a statement by the General Assembly Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the Day of Vesak, observed on 7 May:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the online high-level dialogue on press freedom and tackling disinformation in the COVID-19 context, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the online pledging event for coronavirus response:  Joining Forces to Accelerate the Development, Production and Equitable Access to New COVID-19 Vaccines, Diagnostics and Therapeutics, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the online summit-level meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement Contact Group in response to COVID-19, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for World Press Freedom Day 2020, on the theme “Journalism without Fear or Favour”, observed today:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Labour, observed today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to launch a policy brief on older persons, in New York today:

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its fiftieth session 29 April-1 May.  Due to the ongoing challenges associated with the pandemic (COVID-19), the meetings were held virtually.

On 29 April 2020, Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani, Permanent Representative of Indonesia to the United Nations and Chair of the 1540 Committee, on behalf of the Committee, provided a briefing to the Security Council about resolution 1540 (2004) and the related Comprehensive Review currently under way (document S/2020/347).