Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message to the “International Humanitarian Assistance: Lessons Learned, Current Situation and Perspectives” conference, held in Moscow from 6 to 9 June:
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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks the 2018 high-level meeting of the Development Cooperation Forum of the Economic and Social Council, in New York on 21 May:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ahunna Eziakonwa of Nigeria as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau for Africa, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Asako Okai of Japan as Assistant Administrator and Director of the Crisis Response Unit, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Ulrika Modéer of Sweden as Director of the Bureau for External Relations and Advocacy, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Luis F. López‑Calva of Mexico as Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the European Development Days, in Brussels today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Bamako, Mali, on Tuesday, 29 May, to spend United Nations Peacekeepers’ Day with troops and personnel from the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA).
On 5 June 2018, 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.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres was in Lisbon, Portugal, on 29 May, where he had been invited by Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, to address the State Council.