Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Habitat Day: “Engaging youth to create a better urban future”, observed on 7 October:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ address to the opening of the seventy-ninth session of the General Assembly, in New York today:

On 11 September 2024, members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2653 (2022) concerning Haiti held informal consultations to discuss the final report of the Panel of Experts on Haiti, submitted in pursuance of paragraph 20 of resolution 2700 (2023).

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message, as prepared for delivery, on the occasion of the third gathering of the Global Group of Heads of State and Government for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases, in New York today:

The rising level of impunity in the world is “politically indefensible and morally intolerable”, with many Governments and actors feeling entitled to a “get out of jail free” card, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres warned in his address to the General Assembly today as its annual high-level debate began, with world leaders raising alarm about the wars in Gaza and Ukraine.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Leader-Level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council Ad Hoc Advisory Group on Haiti, in New York today:

On 24 and 25 September, States from East and Southern Africa will meet in Gaborone, Botswana, alongside United Nations entities, international, regional and non-governmental organizations, to discuss the implementation of the Global Framework for Through-life Conventional Ammunition Management.

The Special Coordinator for Lebanon is in Israel where she is meeting with Israeli authorities to discuss the latest situation and the Head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission is in contact with both Lebanese and Israeli parties, stressing the urgent need for de-escalation. Efforts are ongoing to reduce tensions and halt shelling.

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

Current decisions must be made with the participation of youth and women to account for the long-term impact on future generations, speakers emphasized during an interactive dialogue at the Summit of the Future today.