United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Kanni Wignaraja of Sri Lanka as the next Assistant Secretary‑General and Director of the Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).
Some 16 countries pledged a total of $516 million at today’s 2019 United Nations Pledging Conference for Development Activities, representing a considerable increase over 2018 which saw $425.69 million promised.
Following is the United Nations Commitment Statement by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed, as prepared for delivery, at the Nairobi Summit in celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the International Conference on Population and Development, in Nairobi today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the opening of the Nairobi Summit to Advance the International Conference on Population and Development Programme of Action, in Nairobi today:
The following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message to the eighteenth general conference of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), held in Abu Dhabi 3‑7 November:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohamed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the International Conference on Population and Development Preparation Conference (ICPD+25), in Djibouti today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Global Investors for Sustainable Development Alliance launch, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, observed on 17 October:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Food Day, observed on 16 October:
World leaders gathered at United Nations Headquarters today endorsed a political declaration aimed at protecting small island developing States from the impacts of climate change and accelerating sustainable development in those countries, as the General Assembly held a midterm review of the 10-year action plan, known as the Samoa Pathway, for transforming the lives of people in those islands.
