Secretary-General: Press Release

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening of the seventieth session of the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today:

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

On Wednesday, 18 February, UN Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in New Delhi, where he had been invited to take part in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Impact Summit.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Monica Kathina Juma of Kenya as Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as well as Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV). She succeeds Ghada Fathi Waly of Egypt, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service to the Organization.

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

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of James Swan of the United States as his Special Representative for the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Major General Junhui Wu of China as the new Force Commander for the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the European Investment Bank Group, in Luxembourg today: