Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the eighth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction, in Geneva, Switzerland, today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Baghdad on Thursday, 15 May to attend the League of Arab States Summit.
In Sudan, five members of a UN humanitarian convoy were killed on 2 June and several more were injured during an attack in North Darfur. The joint World Food Programme-UNICEF convoy was made up of 15 trucks, and they had travelled over 1,800 kilometres from Port Sudan, and they were carrying nutrition supplies and food.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the ninth Austrian World Summit, in Vienna today:
This June, the United Nations will unveil a compelling new photo exhibit at New York’s Photoville Festival, bringing global attention to the leadership, courage and impact of women and their allies driving peace in some of the world’s most volatile places.
The General Assembly today elected Bahrain, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Latvia and Liberia as non-permanent members of the Security Council for a two-year term beginning on 1 January 2026.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the leadership ceremony at the Ibrahim governance weekend, in Marrakech, Morocco, today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ statement on the one year of detention of United Nations and other personnel in Yemen:
In Nigeria, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs and humanitarian partners continue to support the response to the devastating floods in the north-central part of the country. More than 500 households were impacted and over 3,000 people displaced.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the election of the President of the eightieth session of the General Assembly, in New York today:
