Africa has articulated a clear and compelling vision for its representation on the Security Council, that body heard today at a historic high-level debate on enhancing the continent’s effective participation in the United Nations organ tasked with maintenance of peace and security.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Matthias Schmale of Germany as the United Nations Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ukraine, with the host Government’s approval, starting on 11 August. Mr. Schmale succeeds Denise Brown to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service.
In Libya, the United Nations Mission there expressed its concern at the recent mobilization of forces in various parts of the country, particularly in the southern and western regions.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message, delivered by Izumi Nakamitsu, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the Peace Memorial ceremony on the seventy-ninth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, held today:
The new Permanent Representative of Paraguay to the United Nations, Marcelo Eliseo Scappini Ricciardi, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Observer for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Dylan Winder, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of the Central African Republic to the United Nations, Marius Aristide Hoja Nzessioué, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said today that the African region is experiencing an unprecedented increase in mpox cases since the start of 2024, with more countries previously unaffected by the disease reporting cases in an expanding spread of the virus.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Juraj Strasser of Slovakia, as Director of the UN Ethics Office. He will succeed Elia Armstrong of Canada, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her dedicated service to the Organization.
The complex terrorism landscape, with terrorist groups expanding in West Africa and the Sahel, and improving capabilities in Afghanistan, calls for robust counter-terrorism efforts, State cooperation and human-rights centered approaches, the Security Council heard today at a briefing on the Secretary-General’s biannual report on the threat posed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh).
