Secretary-General

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres departed New York on Tuesday, 22 June, and arrived in Brussels the following morning, Wednesday, 23 June.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Dmitry Shlapachenko of Ukraine as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Turkmenistan, with the host Government’s approval.

On 1 July, UN Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Vladanka Andreeva of North Macedonia as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Azerbaijan, with the host Government’s approval.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, as delivered by Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the first Prespa Forum Dialogue, held 1 to 2 July in Ohrid and Prespa/Oteshevo, North Macedonia:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Austria World Summit, held today:

The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening session of the Generation Equality Forum, held in Paris today, is not available in English.  For the French text, please see:  www.un.org/press/fr/2021/sgsm20805.doc.htm.

The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres is appointing today a new Global Advocate for Every Woman Every Child, Kersti Kaljulaid, the President of the Republic of Estonia.

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the meeting of Member States on accountability for misconduct by peacekeepers, held today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the second High-Level Conference of Heads of Counter-Terrorism Agencies of Member States today: