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Ninety-one Member States and three international organizations expressed their collective commitment and political support to United Nations Peacekeeping at the 2023 Ministerial, which concluded in Accra, Ghana today. At the first Peacekeeping Ministerial held in Africa, 57 Member States announced new pledges to meet current and future challenges and needs, in line with ongoing reform under Action for Peacekeeping and A4P+, key priorities to improve peacekeeping effectiveness.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council debate on “Maintenance of International Peace and Security:  Sustaining Peace through Common Development”, in New York today: I thank the Government of China for convening this debate on the vital link between development and sustaining peace. This link has defined the United Nations from the very start. Our Organization is built on three pillars:  peace, development, and human rights.  This has been reaffirmed time and again.

STATEMENT BY JEAN-PIERRE LACROIX, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING New York 14 NOVEMBER 2023

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the Paris Peace Forum, “Seeking common ground in a world of rivalry”, in Paris today: I am happy to greet the Paris Peace Forum once again.  You are meeting as our world is confronting a host of existential threats. Conflicts are raging.  Our planet is burning.  The Sustainable Development Goals are slipping out of reach.  Divides — between North and South, East and West —— are deepening, and the risk of a great fracture is looming.