Press Release

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on Africa Day 2023, observed on 25 May:

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations (IAAC) held its sixty-second session from 15-17 May 2023 at the United Nations Office in Beirut at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) and at the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL). The session was presided over by the Chair, Imran Vanker. All the other members of the Committee, namely: Janet St. Laurent (Vice-Chair), Dorothy Bradley, Anton Kosyanenko, and Suresh Sharma, were in attendance.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered, at the Horn of Africa Pledging event, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks for the Africa Dialogue Series’ High-level Policy Dialogue titled “Market and Scale: Unlocking Industrialization through Intra-Africa Trade”, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the Economic and Social Council’s operational activities for development segment, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Economic and Social Council’s operational activities for development segment, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on “Protection of civilians in armed conflict”, in New York today:

United Nations Headquarters will observe the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and mark the seventy-fifth anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping on Thursday, 25 May.

A Ghanaian peacekeeper serving with the United Nations Interim Security Force in Abyei (UNISFA) will receive the 2022 United Nations Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the “Digital Dilemmas” exhibition, in New York today: