Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the Peace Bell ceremony on the occasion of the thirty-seventh anniversary of the International Day of Peace, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nikki R. Haley (United States):

From 4 to 7 September 2018, in cooperation with the United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1540 (2004) and its Group of Experts, the Russian Federation hosted a training course in Rostov‑on‑Don for 1540 national Points of Contact of the Member States of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).  The course was supported by OSCE and the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs.

The new Permanent Representative of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to the United Nations, Kim Song, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of Liberia to the United Nations, Dee‑Maxwell Saah Kemayah, Sr., presented his credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.

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

On 19 September 2018, 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:

On 5 June, the United Nations General Assembly elected María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés, Foreign Minister of Ecuador, President of its seventy-third session — only the fourth woman to hold that position in the world body’s history and the first since 2006. 

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday morning, 16 September.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres departed New York on Wednesday, 12 September, for Accra, Ghana.