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23 May 2019
Minister Meleșcanu, Ambassadors, distinguished colleagues, I thank Romania for organizing this timely event, taking place in the wake of the biannual UN-EU Steering Committee meeting on Crisis Management and coinciding with the annual visit of the EU’s Political and Security Committee to New York. Evidently, the UN-EU partnership on peace and security is vibrant and wide-ranging.
21 May 2019 | New York
As New York Headquarters observes the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers on Friday, 24 May, Secretary-General António Guterres will lay a wreath to honour all fallen peacekeepers and preside over a ceremony for the posthumous award of the Dag Hammarskjöld Medal to 119 military, police and civilian personnel who have paid the ultimate price while serving in peacekeeping operations in 2018 and early 2019.
20 May 2019 | New York
On Friday, 24 May, Secretary-General António Guterres will award the “Captain Mbaye Diagne Medal for Exceptional Courage” to the late Private Chancy Chitete of Malawi during the International Day of UN Peacekeepers commemorations at UN Headquarters in New York.
18 May 2019
The Secretary-General condemns today's attacks against the United Nation's Integrated Stabilization Mission for Mali (MINUSMA) in Timbuktu and Tessalit.   He is deeply saddened at the death of a Nigerian peacekeeper who succumbed to his wounds following the armed attack by unidentified assailants in Timbuktu. He expresses heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and to the Government of Nigeria. He wishes a speedy recovery to another Nigerian peacekeeper who was wounded in the same attack.  
7 May 2019 | New York
Remarks by H.E. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations at the 8521st meeting of the Security Council.
6 May 2019
Joint press encounter by H.E. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General and Mr. Moussa Faki Mahamat, the Chairperson of the African Union Commission.
6 May 2019 | New York
Remarks by H.E. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, at the 2019 Annual Memorial Service to honour colleagues who lost their lives in the service of the UN.
30 Apr 2019 | New York
Remarks by Mr. Jean-Pierre Lacroix, Under-Secretary-General for Peace Operations, on the situation in the Sudan and South Sudan.
24 Apr 2019 | New York
Video message by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on the International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace (24 April 2019).
23 Apr 2019 | New York
Remarks by H.E. Mr. António Guterres, United Nations Secretary-General, on Sexual Violence in Conflict during the 8514th Security Council Meeting.