Press Release

The new Permanent Representative of Iceland to the United Nations, Anna Jóhannsdóttir, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Maritime Day, observed on 26 September:

The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the fifth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Iraq (S/2024/247), agreed to address the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group.

The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the sixth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Colombia (S/2024/161), agreed to address the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the high-level presidential summit of the 2024 Africa Food Systems Forum, in Kigali today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the International Day of Peace, observed on 21 September:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation summit, in Beijing today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Samuel Žbogar (Slovenia):

On 4 and 5 September, States from West and Central Africa are meeting in Lomé, Togo, to discuss the implementation of the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management, adopted in December 2023 by the United Nations General Assembly.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Georgette Gagnon of Canada as his new Deputy Special Representative (Political) for Afghanistan in the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA).