Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Khawla Matar of Bahrain as the Deputy Special Envoy for Syria.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the closing of the “One Planet Summit” in Nairobi today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the ministerial segment of the sixty-second session of the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, being held in Vienna on 14-15 March.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the seventh Global Baku Forum “A New Foreign Policy”, being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from 14‑16 March:

On 13 March 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 enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on 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.

On 13 March 2019, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the removal of the following entities from its List of Individuals and Entities subject to the assets freeze set out by paragraphs 19 and 23 of Security Council resolution 1483 (2003) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Parfait Onanga-Anyanga of Gabon as his Special Envoy for the Horn of Africa.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Donor Conference on Syria, in Brussels today:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, observed on 25 March:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the General Assembly high-level event on “Women in Power”, in New York today: