Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the 2024 Economic and Social Council Operational Activities for Development Segment, in New York today:
Amid Moscow’s intensified attacks on Ukraine’s civilian infrastructure — causing extensive damage to energy facilities, compromising water supply in certain areas and disrupting electricity access for millions of civilians — the delivery of humanitarian assistance is even more dangerous, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, as delegates condemned this pattern of aggression and detailed their humanitarian and military aid to Ukraine.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the International Energy Agency Summit on Clean Cooking in Africa, in Paris today:
The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its sixty-sixth session from 6 to 8 May 2024, at the United Nations Office in Santiago at the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The Economic and Social Council today opened its segment on operation activities for development.
In the Security Council today, the International Criminal Court presented a road map to complete its investigations into crimes committed in Libya by the end of 2025, with some delegates expressing doubt about the timeline.
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Santiago from New York on the morning of Wednesday, 1 May.
NEW YORK, 10 May (Office for Disarmament Affairs) — On the occasion of the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace and Spanish Language Day, the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) launched the first edition of GenerAcción Paz: building dreams, disarming violence (GenerAcción Paz: armando sueños, desarmando la violencia), which aspires to empower young people to create a region free of armed violence.
The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) today released the third edition of its World Wildlife Crime Report, which says that wildlife trafficking has not been substantially reduced despite two decades of concerted action.
