Press Release

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

The global community gathered at the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Global Festival of Action in Bonn, Germany, today to reiterate its commitment to accelerate action on the Goals.

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its forty-sixth session from 29 April to 1 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the opening of the Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization, in Saint George’s, Grenada, today:

On 1 May 2019, the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough were enacted in the entries below on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al‑Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2368 (2017), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

On 1 May 2019, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al‑Qaida and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities approved the addition of the entry specified below to its ISIL (Da’esh) and Al‑Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2368 (2017), and adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at a reception marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA):

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Beijing from New York on the evening of Thursday, 25 April.

The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today: