Secretary-General: Press Release

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

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Sarhad Fatah of Iraq as Deputy Head of Mission for the Office of the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Yemen. Mr. Fatah succeeds Muin Shreim of the United States, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for his commitment and decades of dedicated service to the Organization.

The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, flew from New York to Dubai on Wednesday, 29 November. He arrived on Thursday evening.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the Tenth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, in Atlanta, United States, today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to launch the Global Humanitarian Overview, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the High-level Event Commemorating the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, in Geneva today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Doha Forum, in Doha, Qatar, today:

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

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council briefing on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Anita Kiki Gbeho of Ghana as his new Deputy Special Representative in the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and Resident Coordinator in South Sudan.  Ms. Gbeho will also serve as the Humanitarian Coordinator.