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8 October 2019

SG/SM/19799-ORG/1699

Organization in Financial Crisis, Could Default on Salaries by Late November, Secretary-General Says, Urging All Member States to Pay Annual Dues in Full

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

7 October 2019

SG/SM/19796-ORG/1698

Forwarding Report to General Assembly, Secretary-General Urges Further Work Investigating Events Leading to Dag Hammarskjöld, Entourages’ Deaths

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

17 September 2019

SG/SM/19743-ORG/1697

Dag Hammarskjöld Shaped United Nations as Active Force for Peace, Secretary-General Says, Pledging to Build on Those Aims, at Event Commemorating Predecessor’s Death

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at a wreath‑laying ceremony to commemorate the fifty-eighth anniversary of the death of Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjöld, in New York today:

26 August 2019

SG/A/1899-BIO/5244-ORG/1696

Secretary-General Appoints Rosemarie McClean of Canada Benefits Administrator, United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following the recommendation of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Board, has appointed Rosemarie McClean of Canada as Pension Benefits Administrator of the United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund (UNJSPF).

5 August 2019

SG/A/1896*-BIO/5238*-ORG/1695*

Secretary-General Appoints Jan Beagle of New Zealand Special Adviser on System-Wide Implementation of Chief Executive Board Decisions

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Jan Beagle of New Zealand as Special Adviser on System-wide Implementation of Chief Executive Board (CEB) decisions.

22 July 2019

ORG/1694

Independent Audit Advisory Committee Holds Forty-Seventh Session at United Nations Headquarters, 17-19 July

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its forty-seventh session from 17 to 19 July at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.

31 May 2019

DSG/SM/1289-HQ/730-ORG/1963

Stronger Development System Enables Work of All Individual Parts while Prizing Coherence, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Joint Meeting of Executive Boards

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Joint Meeting of the Executive Boards of UNDP/UNFPA/UNOPS, UNICEF, UN-Women and WFP (United Nations Development Programme/United Nations Population Fund/United Nations Office of Partnership Services/United Nations Children’s Fund/United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment and the World Food Programme), in New York today:

2 May 2019

ORG/1691

Independent Audit Advisory Committee Holds Forty-Sixth Session at United Nations Headquarters, 29 April-1 May

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its forty-sixth session from 29 April to 1 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York.

18 April 2019

SG/A/1870*-BIO/5198*-ORG/1690

Secretary-General Appoints Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond of Chile Special Adviser on Preparations for Seventy-Fifth United Nations Anniversary

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Fabrizio Hochschild Drummond of Chile as his Special Adviser on the Preparations for the Commemoration of the Seventy-Fifth Anniversary of the United Nations at the Under-Secretary-General level.

25 March 2019

SG/SM/19511-OBV/1869-ORG/1689

Marking International Day of Solidarity, Secretary-General Calls upon All Countries to Support Convention on Protecting United Nations, Associated Personnel

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed today: