Press Release

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Karen Pierce (United Kingdom):

United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Ghada Fathi Waly of Egypt as the next Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).  Ms. Waly will also serve as Director‑General of the United Nations Office at Vienna.  She succeeds Yury V. Fedotov of the Russian Federation, to whom the Secretary‑General is grateful for his dedicated service to the Organization.

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message to the United Nations Innovation Toolkit launch event, to be held in Madrid, 21‑22 November:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Foundation “We the Peoples” dinner, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the resident coordinator meeting with Member States today:

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message to the World Science Forum, held in Budapest from 20 to 23 November:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the General Assembly high‑level meeting on the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message on the thirtieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, observed today:

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the high‑level event between the United Nations and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization “Cooperation to promote peace, security and stability:  preventing the linking of terrorism with organized crime and its financing through drug trafficking”, today: