Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Hopolang Phororo of Lesotho as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Namibia, with the host Government’s approval. She takes up her post on 1 December.

​​​​​​​United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Nathalie Fustier of France as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Morocco, with the host Government’s approval.  She takes up her post on 1 December.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Nelson Muffuh of Cameroon as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in South Africa, with the host Government’s approval.  He takes up his post on 1 December.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message on the launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2023, in Geneva, Addis Ababa and Riyadh today:

​​​​​​​United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Oscar Fernandez-Taranco of Argentina as Assistant Secretary-General for Development Coordination.  He succeeds Robert Piper of Australia, who was appointed as Special Adviser on Solutions to Internal Displacement.  The Secretary-General is deeply grateful to Mr. Piper for his dedicated service and commitment and his steadfast stewardship in operationalizing the new Development Coordination Office.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development, observed on 5 December:

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Principles for Responsible Investment Conference, held in Barcelona from 30 November to 2 December:

​​​​​​​Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the seventeenth Internet Governance Forum, “Resilient Internet for a shared, sustainable, and common future”, in Addis Ababa today:

​​​​​​​United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Reena Ghelani of Australia as United Nations Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator.