In Afghanistan, a humanitarian operation to deliver assistance to previously inaccessible areas of eastern Nuristan Province was launched today, coordinated by the International Committee of the Red Cross and the Afghan Red Crescent Society, and supported by the UN, serving 136,000 people in Kamdesh and Barg-e-Matal.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Rania A. al-Mashat of Egypt as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA).
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
As ongoing conflicts, economic volatility and gaping inequality shadow development prospects, regional commissions today highlighted in a joint meeting with the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) the urgent need to bridge digital gaps in sparking opportunity and driving innovation, with the Committee also discussing challenges hampering countries in special situations in a separate session.
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regional Forum for Sustainable Development, in Geneva today:
Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s video message to the special meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), titled “The future of work: towards a productive, inclusive and sustainable global society”, in Santiago today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Claver Gatete of Rwanda as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (ECA).
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Tatiana Molcean of the Republic of Moldova as the next Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (ECE). She will succeed Olga Algayerova of Slovakia, to whom the Secretary-General is grateful for her commitment and dedicated service to the Organization.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the seventy-ninth session of the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), held in Bangkok today:
In the face of ongoing multidimensional crises, the five Regional Commissions of the United Nations system are more critical than ever in halting lost gains and urgently putting developing States back on the right track, the heads of those bodies told the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) today.
