Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, observed on 13 October:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the event marking the International Day of Older Persons:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Rural Women:  Rural Women and Girls Building Climate Resilience, observed on 15 October:

The 1540 Committee participated in a regional parliamentary seminar on engaging parliaments of the Pacific region in the implementation of United Nations Security Council resolution 1540 (2004), during 18-20 September 2019 in Wellington.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Jerry Matthews Matjila (South Africa):

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Jerry Matthews Matjila (South Africa):

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Mental Health Day, observed on 10 October:

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

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its fifty-first session from 14 October to 29 November.