Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the International Day of Yoga, in New York today:
While the 6 February signing of the Political Agreement for Peace and Reconciliation in the Central African Republic gave rise to much hope for an end to the decades-long crisis in that country, the accord’s ultimate success will depend on the parties’ willingness to end the violence and engage in dialogue, the Special Representative told the Security Council today.
NEW YORK, 20 June (Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea) — The twenty-ninth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was held at Headquarters from 17 to 19 June 2019. For background information, see Press Release SEA/2104.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Emerging Security Sector Leaders’ Seminar hosted by the African Centre for Strategic Studies in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Adama Dieng, Special Adviser on the Prevention of Genocide, to the Interfaith Summit coordinated by the New York Board of Rabbis in cooperation with the Interfaith Alliance for Safer Communities and the United Arab Emirates, in New York, today:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Smarthead Sustainability Summit, in Bratislava today:
The General Assembly, acting without a vote, adopted three resolutions today, including one through which it will recognize 21 June as the International Day of the Celebration of the Solstice.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Mansour Ayyad Sh. A. Alotaibi (Kuwait):
Today is World Refugee Day. Events, recognizing that close to 70.8 million people around the world are fleeing war, persecution and conflict, include a social media takeover of the Secretary-General’s Youth Envoy accounts by a young Syrian refugee who now lives in Za’atari camp, in Jordan.
