Press Release

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the “One World:  Together at Home” concert, organized by Global Citizen, today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the International Monetary Fund/World Bank high-level meeting on “Mobilizing with Africa”, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President José Singer Weisinger (Dominican Republic):

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the virtual extraordinary high-level meeting of the Group of Friends on Food Security and Nutrition, in New York today:

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

As military escalations and the onset of COVID-19 threaten to wipe out hard-won gains in Yemen, an opportunity has emerged to bring peace, Special Envoy Martin Griffiths told the Security Council in a 16 April videoconference meeting, stressing that there could be no better moment for parties to silence the guns.

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

The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the fourth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Central African Republic (document S/2019/852), agreed to convey the following messages through a public statement by the Chair of the Working Group:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks in a virtual meeting with the African Group, in New York today:

The global COVID-19 pandemic is having a profound impact on Colombia, but it cannot be allowed to derail the Latin American nation’s quest for sustainable peace after five decades of conflict, the Head of the United Nations Verification Mission in that country told the Security Council in a videoconference meeting on 14 April.