Development

The Syrian Government has extended permission for the UN to use Bab al-Salam and Al Ra'ee crossings to deliver humanitarian from Türkiye to north-west Syria for three months, until 13 February 2024. Each month, about 2.5 million people are reached with critical assistance and protection services.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on Africa Industrialization Day, observed on 20 November:

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today launched its Production Gap Report, which reveals that Governments are on track to produce more than twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be needed to limit the global temperature rise to 1.5°C.

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today released its annual Adaptation Gap Report, which finds that progress on climate adaptation is slowing on all fronts. The adaptation finance needs of developing countries are 10 to 18 times as big as international public finance flows.

In Haiti, the World Food Programme (WFP) reports that since mid-August, violence in Port-au-Prince has forced about 40,000 people to flee from their homes. These recent movements bring the total number of displaced people across the country to 200,000.

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Marcos Athias Neto of Brazil as Assistant Administrator and Director, Bureau for Policy and Programme Services of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP).

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s keynote remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the EU Global Gateway Forum, in Brussels today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the High-Level Forum on the Green Silk Road for Harmony with Nature, in Beijing today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the UN World Tourism Organization General Assembly, in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the third Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation 2023, in Beijing today: