Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) Youth Forum in New York today:

António Guterres of Portugal, the ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations, took office on 1 January 2017.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’s remarks to the African Union Summit in Addis Ababa today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Switzerland on Tuesday, 17 January, for a visit to Geneva and to Davos.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the high-level event on the humanitarian situation in Ethiopia, in Addis Ababa today:

The African Union, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), and the United Nations held a joint consultative meeting on South Sudan on 29 January on the margins of the African Union twenty-eighth Ordinary Summit of the Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the Chinese Lunar New Year:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the observance ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has designated Diego García-Sayán of Peru as member of the Selection Mechanism mandated to select judges and other officials for the Special Jurisdiction for Peace established by the peace agreement reached in Colombia last year.