The Economic and Social Council, opening its 2024 session today, elected its bureau and adopted its provisional agenda.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s closing remarks and introduction of the Secretary-General’s Call to Action: Food Systems Summit, today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the Seventieth Anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, observed 27 July:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The security situation in the West Bank has significantly deteriorated, highlighted by the most intensive Israeli operation in nearly 20 years, further jeopardizing the Israel-Palestine peace process, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today.
The United Nations Mission Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization in the Central African Republic announced today a plan to dedicate about $3 million to finance quick-impact projects intended to support the reconciliation, political process and peace process, improve security and help restore State authority.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Tatiana Molcean of the Republic of Moldova as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). She will succeed Olga Algayerova of Slovakia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her commitment and dedicated service to the Organization.
On Monday, 24 July, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Rome to take part in the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment. The high-level event builds on the momentum of the 2021 Food Systems Summit. The meeting was hosted by the Government of Italy, in collaboration with the Rome-based United Nations Agencies, the United Nations Food Systems Coordination Hub and the wider United Nations system.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as delivered, at the United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktake, in Rome today:
The new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, James Martin Larsen, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
