Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the opening of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Action Weekend, in New York today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the theme “Current Development Challenges: the Role of Science, Technology and Innovation” at the “Group of 77” developing countries and China Summit of Heads of States and Government, in Havana today:
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today released a report showing that halfway into the implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, a lot of the progress made towards its food- and agriculture-related targets has stagnated or reversed.
While South Sudan anticipates holding its first elections in December 2024, key institutions and legal frameworks are yet to be established and critical questions remain unanswered, the top United Nations official for the country told the Security Council today, as speakers warned that intercommunal violence and a massive influx of returnees and refugees continue to worsen the already dire humanitarian situation in the country.
On 8 September 2023, members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) concerning the Democratic Republic of the Congo were briefed by the Coordinator of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo in connection with the Group’s workplan for its mandate in pursuance of Security Council resolution 2688 (2023).
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Maritime Day, observed on 28 September:
The Security Council voted today to extend for one year the mandate of the United Nations team tasked with investigating crimes committed by Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/Da’esh), as well as the Special Adviser leading it.
The head of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) said today that the tragedy in Libya highlights the devastating consequences of extreme weather on fragile States. A new multi-agency report, coordinated by WMO, systematically examines the impact of climate change on the Sustainable Development Goals.
On Friday, 8 September, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in New Delhi from Jakarta to attend the annual G20 Summit, hosted by India.
On Wednesday, 6 September, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Jakarta from Nairobi to attend the thirteenth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-United Nations Summit.
