Press Release

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Addis Ababa from New York on Friday evening, 8 February.

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

On 29 January 2019, the Coordinator of the Panel of Experts on the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2127 (2013) concerning the Central African Republic briefed the Committee and Member States, including regional States, on the final report of the Panel of Experts (S/2018/1119).

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohamed’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the fifty-seventh session of the Commission for Social Development, in New York today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the World Government Summit, in Dubai today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the thirty-second Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union, in Addis Ababa today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres' remarks at the Africa leadership meeting on “Investing in Health”, in Addis Ababa today:

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s keynote remarks at the 2019 World Government Summit’s SDGs in Action event — “Leadership for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals” — as prepared for delivery, in Dubai today:

On 8 February 2019, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999), 1989 (2011) and 2253 (2015) concerning ISIL (Da’esh), Al-Qaida, and associated individuals, groups, undertakings and entities removed the names below from the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List after concluding its consideration of the delisting requests for these names submitted by designating States following the 2016 Annual Review conducted in accordance with paragraphs 80 and 81 of resolution 2253 (2015).

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Anatolio Ndong Mba (Equatorial Guinea):