The text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the inauguration of the “Allée du Centenaire” of the International Labour Organization (ILO), held in Geneva on 8 May, is not available in English.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The senior United Nations official in Bosnia and Herzegovina urged the Federation’s leaders today to abandon destabilizing and divisive rhetoric, create governments at the local, state and federal levels, and keep the country moving forward along the path to integration with the European Union.
A fully operational secretariat is essential for the Forum on Forests to fulfil its important mandate as the only global voice on policy, conservation and sustainable management of the world’s woodlands, delegates stressed today as they voiced concerns over proposals for its restructuring under broader reforms taking place in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs.
The Economic and Social Council opened the management meetings of its 2019 session today with the election of members to several subsidiary bodies.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the official launch of the United Nations Countering Terrorist Travel Programme, in New York today:
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) launched a report today saying that the demand for sand has led to pollution, flooding, drought, beach erosion and reduced deposits in river deltas. With global demands at 40-50 billion tonnes a year, UNEP warned that sand is being used faster than it can be replenished.
As its regular budget continues to face severe liquidity issues, the United Nations is depending on Member States meeting their financial obligations in full and on time to deliver on its mandate, the head of the Organization’s management department told the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today as she laid out the Organization’s semi-annual financial situation.
On 9 April 2019, in accordance with paragraph 19(e) of resolution 2428 (2018), the Panel of Experts on South Sudan transmitted its final report to the President of the Security Council (document S/2019/301). The report is currently available on the Committee’s website via the link below: www.un.org/sc/suborg/en/sanctions/2206/panel-of-experts/reports/.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council at the open debate on “United Nations operations: peacekeeping training and capacity-building”, in New York today:
