Beginning its review of progress made in the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals, the High-Level Political Forum today took an in‑depth look at country-level efforts to achieve the first two Goals on the eradication of poverty and hunger.
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
In Afghanistan, the World Food Programme (WFP) said it will be able to provide food assistance to more than 577,000 people in need thanks to a $20 million contribution by the United States. The money will be spent to buy local wheat flour, salt, yellow peas and cooking oil, among other supplies.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres flew from New York to Geneva, Switzerland and onwards to Crans-Montana where he arrived on Thursday, 6 July, for his second visit to the Conference on Cyprus. The Conference went on for the whole day and part of the night.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres travelled from Crans‑Montana in Switzerland to Lisbon, Portugal, where, on Monday, 3 July, he delivered the keynote address, in Portuguese, at the Tidewater conference.
On 30 June, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Switzerland from Washington, D.C., to participate in the Conference on Cyprus which was held in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, from 28 June to 6 July.
The Security Council today authorized the creation of a United Nations Verification Mission in Colombia to oversee the next phase of the 2016 peace agreement that ended half a century of fighting between the Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia-People’s Army (FARC-EP).
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s remarks at the Chiefs of Defence Conference, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
