The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations today recommended that 22 organizations whose applications were deferred from previous sessions be granted special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, and further deferred action on the status of 56 others, as it continued its resumed 2021 session.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the opening of the 2021 Caribbean Regional Seminar on Decolonization, in Parish of St. John, Dominica, delivered on 25 August:
The new Permanent Observer for the International Anti-Corruption Academy, Larry D. Johnson, presented his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Observer for the International Organization of la Francophonie to the United Nations, Ifigeneia Kontoleontos, presented her letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Fanday Turay, the new Permanent Representative of Sierra Leone to the United Nations, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Jordan to the United Nations, Mahmoud Daifallah Hmoud, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Poland to the United Nations, Krzysztof Szczerski, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago to the United Nations, Dennis Francis, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the United Nations, Olivier Maes, paid a courtesy call on UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The Security Council’s programme for September features a ministerial-level open debate on peacekeeping transitions and a briefing on the maintenance of international peace and security by The Elders, a non-governmental organization of distinguished public figures that promotes human rights and peace, its President for the month told a Headquarters press conference today.
