Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ New Year video message for 2025:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ statement on the passing of former President of the United States of America, Mr. James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr.

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Linda Thomas-Greenfield (United States):

As of today, some 664,000 people remain newly displaced across Syria, mostly in Idlib and Aleppo, marking a decrease of about 64,000 people compared to a week ago. UN reports say that returnee movements remain fluid, with nearly 486,000 people having returned to their areas of origin over the past month.

The Security Council today endorsed the African Union Peace and Security Council’s decision to replace the African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) with the African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM), marking a further step in transitioning national security responsibilities to that country’s own forces.

On 7 June 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held informal consultations to consider the interim report of its Panel of Experts, pursuant to paragraph 18 of resolution 2701 (2023).

Israeli air strikes hit Yemen’s Sana’a International Airport, Red Sea ports and power stations today, reportedly killing at least three and injuring dozens more. A UN Humanitarian Air Service crew member was also injured when the airport was hit, and a high-level UN delegation was at the airport when the strikes occurred.