Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the Sustainable Energy for All Forum being held in Lisbon, Portugal, from 2-3 May:

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 United Nations Inter-Agency Games, being held in Montecatini-Terme, Italy, from 2 to 6 May:

I send my best wishes to everyone at the forty-fifth United Nations Inter‑Agency Games.

Congratulations to UN staff, consultants and retirees on your commitment to organizing and participating in these games, and to the International Fund for Agricultural Development for hosting this year’s event.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the Day of Vesak, in New York today:

Following are the remarks by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as prepared for delivery by Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, at the Education Above All Event in New York on 27 April:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Joanna Wronecka (Poland):

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

On 29 April 2018, the following entry on the Committee’s List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and other measures relating to attempts to illicitly export petroleum, including crude oil and refined petroleum products, from Libya (the Libya Sanctions List) expired:

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

The United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues concluded its seventeenth session today with the adoption of recommendations to protect and advance indigenous peoples’ rights worldwide, stressing that indigenous peoples’ collective rights to lands, territories and resources not only serve their own well-being, but also help address some of the most pressing global challenges, such as climate change and the loss of biological diversity.