Press Release

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for Human Rights Day with the theme:  “Youth standing up for human rights”, observed on 10 December:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the inaugural session of the conference on “Sustainable Development, Sustainable Debt”, co‑organized by Senegal and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Dakar today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for the launch of the International Year of Plant Health, in Rome today:

NEW YORK, 2 December (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its fifty‑first session at United Nations Headquarters from 14 October to 29 November 2019.  There were no plenary parts during the session and its seven weeks were devoted entirely to the technical examination of submissions at the geographic information systems laboratories and other technical facilities of the Division.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the twenty‑fifth Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Madrid today:

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

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks to a round table with Heads of State and Government at the twenty‑fifth Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Madrid today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Climate Vulnerable Forum at the twenty‑fifth Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Madrid today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Bruno Lemarquis of France as his Deputy Special Representative of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH).  He will also serve as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Haiti.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Kelly Craft (United States):