Secretary-General: Press Release

​​​​​​​Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World AIDS Day, observed 1 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December:

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

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, observed on 29 November:

​​​​​​​Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the ninth Global Forum of the United Nations Alliance of Civilization, in Fez, Morocco, today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Michelle Muschett of Panama as Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). 

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Mohamed Ag Ayoya of Mali as his new Deputy Special Representative for the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and Resident Coordinator for the Central African Republic.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ statement at the conclusion of the twenty-seventh Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, today:

The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the eighteenth Summit of La Francophonie is not available in English.  For the French text, please see:  http://press.un.org/fr/2022/sgsm21593.doc.htm.