As the world fights the deadly COVID‑19 pandemic – the most challenging crisis we have faced since the Second World War – we are also seeing another epidemic: a dangerous epidemic of misinformation. Around the world, people…
Mr. President, Thank you for convening this important discussion. The world faces its gravest test since the founding of this Organization. Every country is now grappling with, or poised to suffer, the devastating…
At a recent townhall meeting, Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute to UN healthcare personnel who are working to ensure the well-being of UN personnel during the COVID-19 crisis. As of March 2020, the United…
"This war needs a war-time plan to fight it" We are at war with a virus – and not winning it. It took the world three months to reach 100,000 confirmed cases of infection. The next 100,000 happened in just 12 days. The third…
The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack perpetrated by anti-Balaka elements against local officials on 15 March in Grimari, Ouaka Prefecture. United Nations peacekeepers confronted the attackers and one Burundian…
Women’s rights have made significant progress in recent decades, from the abolition of discriminatory laws to increased numbers of girls in school. But we now face a powerful pushback. Legal protections against rape and…
Often when I brief the Security Council on South Sudan, the news is not encouraging. However, today is different. There have been positive developments that have moved the country further along the road to sustainable peace…
Head of Mission and Chief Military Observer Major General Alcain, UN military observers, Ladies and gentlemen, Dear colleagues, I am delighted to join you today to honour the important contribution of the United Nations…
[All-English version; bilingual version as delivered at the bottom of the page] Your Majesties, Mr. President, Distinguished members of the Security Council, Mr. Smaïl Chergui, Ms. Jo Becker, I am pleased to join you today…
New York, 6 December 2019 Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I would like to thank the United States as well as India, Portugal, Senegal, Uruguay and Vietnam for convening today’s important meeting. Improving the concrete…
I thank the United States and our co-hosts, India, Portugal, Senegal, Uruguay and Vietnam, for convening this event, and for their support to United Nations peacekeeping operations. Our peacekeepers represent the last, best…
The United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) confirms that on 27 September 2019, a Mi-24 helicopter, with four Senegalese crew members on board, crashed while…