Press Release

The sixtieth meeting of the Panel of External Auditors, chaired by Gareth Davies, Comptroller and Auditor General of the United Kingdom, was held from 2‑3 December 2019 at the United Nations Campus in Bonn, Germany.  The Panel consists of the Heads of 11 Supreme Audit Institutions who are either elected or selected to conduct the external audit of the United Nations Secretariat, funds and programmes and specialized agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).  The meeting was attended by representatives from Canada, Chile, France, Germany, India, Indonesia, Italy, Ghana, Philippines, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United Republic of Tanzania as an observer.

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message for the launch of the TED (technology, entertainment and design) Climate Countdown, in New York today:

Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ video message for today’s launch of the Global Humanitarian Overview 2020:

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for Human Rights Day with the theme:  “Youth standing up for human rights”, observed on 10 December:

United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres departed New York on Sunday evening, 24 November, and arrived in Berlin, Germany, on Monday afternoon, 25 November.

Following is UN Secretary‑General António Guterres’ message for International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December:

Following his statement of 23 October announcing the establishment of a High‑Level Panel on Internal Displacement, United Nations Secretary‑General António Guterres has today appointed its eight members.

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

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the twenty‑fifth Conference of the Parties (COP25) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, in Madrid today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary‑General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the inaugural session of the conference on “Sustainable Development, Sustainable Debt”, co‑organized by Senegal and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), in Dakar today: