SG/SM/18902
The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the tragic airplane accident today near Yasuj, Iran.
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Press Release
SC/13212
On 16 February 2018, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic enacted the amendments specified with underline and strikethrough in the entry below on its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze and travel ban set out in paragraphs 9 and 16 of Security Council resolution 2399 (2018), adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.
SG/SM/18901-DC/3758
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
SG/SM/18899
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the Lunar New Year, today:
PI/2223
The sixty-seventh volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations, which covers the Organization’s global activities in 2013, was released today online at https://unyearbook.un.org/.
SG/SM/18900
Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ address at the opening ceremony of the Munich Security Conference today:
SG/A/1789-BIO/5062
United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Martin Griffiths of the United Kingdom as his Special Envoy for Yemen. Mr. Griffiths succeeds Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed of Mauritania, to whom the Secretary‑General is grateful for his commitment and dedicated service.
SG/SM/18897
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Mediterranean, in Bucharest today:
SG/T/3203
United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres arrived in Kuwait on Tuesday, 13 February, where he was to speak at the opening session of the Kuwait International Conference for the Reconstruction of Iraq the following day. He was received at the airport by Abdullah al Matouq, Chairman of the International Islamic Charitable Organization.
SG/T/3202
United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres departed New York on Tuesday, 6 February, for Seoul, where he arrived on Wednesday afternoon for an official visit to the Republic of Korea.