Press Release

Following are the remarks by UN Secretary-General António Guterres, as prepared for delivery by Henrietta Fore, Executive Director of UNICEF, at the Education Above All Event in New York on 27 April:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the Day of Vesak, in New York today:

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Joanna Wronecka (Poland):

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

On 29 April 2018, the following entry on the Committee’s List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and other measures relating to attempts to illicitly export petroleum, including crude oil and refined petroleum products, from Libya (the Libya Sanctions List) expired:

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

The Independent Audit Advisory Committee of the United Nations held its forty‑second session from 25‑27 April at the United Nations Headquarters in New York.  The session was presided over by the Chair, Maria Gracia M. Pulido Tan.  All the other members of the Committee, namely:  Patricia X. Arriagada Villouta (Vice‑Chair), Natalia A. Bocharova, Richard Quartei Quartey and Janet St. Laurent, were in attendance.

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message to United Nations Human Rights Council’s high-level intersessional discussion marking the centenary of Nelson Mandela, former President of South Africa, in Geneva today:

Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message, as prepared for delivery, to the high-level symposium:  “Strengthening Multilateralism and Multilateral Trading System in the Age of Globalization”, in New York today:

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres travelled from New York on Friday, 20 April, to Sweden for an annual retreat with the Security Council and an official visit to the country.