Statements and Messages

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, observed on 9 August:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial in Poland, for Holocaust Memorial Day for Roma and Sinti, observed today:

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 Youth, “From Clicks to Progress: Youth Digital Pathways for Sustainable Development”, observed on 12 August:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the opening of the 2024 Summer Olympic Games, held in Paris today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the press on extreme heat, in New York today:

The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Opening of the Paris Summit on Sport for Sustainable Development is not available in English.  For the French text, please see https://press.un.org/fr/2024/sgsm22318.doc.htm.

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

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the launch of the 2024 State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World: Financing to End Hunger, Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in All its Forms, in Rio de Janeiro today:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the World Day against Trafficking in Persons, observed on 30 July: