Press Release

The new Permanent Representative of Sudan to the United Nations, Omer Mohamed Ahmed Siddig, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Kitty M. Sweeb, the new Permanent Representative of Suriname to the United Nations, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Global Water 2020 Stakeholder Commitments gathering in Washington, D.C., today:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict, observed today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Sustainable Energy for All charettes, held in Amsterdam from 18 to 20 June:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the launch of the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Fethi Debbabi as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Rabat, covering Morocco.  Mr. Debbabi assumed his duties on 17 June 2019.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres launched the United Nations Strategy and Plan of Action on Hate Speech today, as he delivered an informal briefing to Member States.

On 7 June 2019, the Group of Experts of the Democratic Republic of the Congo transmitted its final report to the President of the Security Council (S/2019/469). The report is currently available on the Committee’s website via the following link:  www.un.org/securitycouncil/sanctions/1533/work-and-mandate/expert-reports.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea on the twenty-fifth anniversary of its entry into force, in New York today: