An opening reception for an exhibition entitled “Just One Inch of Water” will be held at 6:00 p.m. on Monday, 9 July 2018, in the Visitors’ Lobby. The exhibition is organized on behalf of the United Nations Group of Friends on Drowning Prevention by the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI).
On 5 July 2018, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1518 (2003) approved the removal of the following entity 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.
The new Permanent Observer and Special Representative of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to the United Nations, Robin Ogilvy, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Tonga to the United Nations, Viliami Va’inga Tone, presented his credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Guinea to the United Nations, Fatoumata Kaba, presented her credentials to UN Secretary‑General António Guterres today.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, held in Ulaanbaatar, 3-6 July 2018:
United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Major General José Eladio Alcaín of Uruguay as Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer for the United Nations Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP).
Following is UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s briefing, as prepared for delivery, to Member States on the status of the implementation plan for the inception of the reinvigorated the Resident Coordinator system, in New York, on 27 June:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Stephanie T. Williams of the United States as his Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs in Libya, United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL).
