Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Security Council meeting on conflict prevention and mediation:

On 12 June 2019, Anne Frank would have turned 90, had she survived the Holocaust.  The United Nations will honour her legacy by dedicating a sapling donated by the Anne Frank Center for Mutual Respect.  The donated sapling is descended from the horse chestnut tree that grew outside the attic in which the Frank family hid for two years from the Nazis, before they were betrayed.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in the Russian Federation from New York on Thursday, 6 June, in order to participate in the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum.

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s lecture, as prepared for delivery, at the Global Centre for Pluralism, in Lisbon today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mansour Ayyad Sh. A. Alotaibi (Kuwait):

Ahmed Abdel-Latif, the new Permanent Observer of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) to the United Nations, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ opening remarks to the twelfth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Movses Abelian of Armenia (as well as a national of Georgia), as the next Under‑Secretary-General for General Assembly and Conference Management.

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mansour Ayyad Sh. A. Alotaibi (Kuwait):

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Vienna on Monday, 27 May, to take part in the fortieth anniversary celebrations of the Vienna International Centre, which is home to several United Nations agencies.