United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Robert Piper of Australia as Assistant Secretary-General of the newly transformed United Nations Development Coordination Office.
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The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the plenary meeting of the funding dialogues, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ keynote address at the closing of the Doha Forum, in Doha today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ lecture at Hamad Bin Khalifa University, in Doha today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Migrants Day, observed on 18 December:
MARRAKECH, Morocco, 11 December – The two-day Intergovernmental Conference that adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration concluded today with robust appeals for the achievement of its 23 sweeping objectives in ways that can better the lives of the world’s 258 million people on the move.
MARRAKECH, Morocco, 11 December — With a far-reaching Global Compact on Migration now adopted by a majority of countries, it is up to Governments — in partnership with civil society groups, business leaders and migrants themselves — to push back against the distorted narratives dominating the global news cycle, stressed participants during an interactive dialogue today.
MARRAKECH, Morocco, 10 December — World leaders adopted the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration today, laying out the first-ever global cooperation framework for sharing responsibility to protect the world’s 258 million people on the move — 3.4 per cent of its population — and supporting the host communities working to accommodate them.
Following are UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the Intergovernmental Conference to adopt the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration as delivered, in Marrakech, Morocco today: