Press Release

The new Permanent Observer for the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf to the United Nations, Khalid Sulaiman Ba Omar, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Observer for the International Union for Conservation of Nature to the United Nations, Sofie Sandström Jaffe, presented her letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

The new Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations, Ali Naseer Mohamed, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, observed on 29 May:

On 3 May 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) held informal consultations to consider the midterm update of the Panel of Experts, submitted in accordance with paragraph 3 of resolution 2707 (2023).

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres departed New York on Wednesday, 9 May, for Nairobi where he arrived on the morning of 10 May to attend the United Nations Civil Society Conference in Support of the Summit of the Future.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Oman from Kuwait on Monday evening, 13 May.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres flew from Muscat, Oman, to Manama, Bahrain, in the early evening of Wednesday, 15 May.

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Kuwait from Kenya early on Sunday, 12 May, for an official visit to meet with the new Amir of Kuwait.

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message on the occasion of the Global Supply Chain Forum, in Bridgetown today: