Observances (fr)

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, observed on 12 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Police Cooperation, observed on 7 September:

The Head of the United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) today called for renewed efforts and commitments to resolving the fate of the victims of enforced disappearances.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day to Protect Education from Attack, observed 9 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, observed on 7 September:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, observed on 29 August:

In Haiti, amid intensifying violence, Volker Türk, the High Commissioner for Human Rights, called for urgent action to be taken on the UN Secretary-General’s appeal for a non-United Nations multinational force to support the Haitian police in addressing the grave security situation and restoring the rule of law.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Humanitarian Day, observed on 19 August:

In the Occupied Palestinian Territory, an elementary school was demolished days before the start of the new school year. It served pupils from the few Palestinian families remaining in the herding community of Ein Samiya, following the displacement of most amid settler violence and diminishing grazing land.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief, observed on 22 August: