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20 Jan 2024
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Non-Aligned Movement Summit, in Kampala today: I congratulate Uganda on its chairmanship of the Non-Aligned Movement.
15 Jan 2024
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General condemns the killing on 15 January of one Cameroonian peacekeeper from the Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) and the wounding of five others, including two seriously, by an explosive in Mbindali, in Ouham-Pendé Prefecture, north-west of Paoua.
30 Dec 2023
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
19 Dec 2023
STATEMENT BY PATRICK GAUCHAT, SPECIAL REREPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING on UNTSO New York 19/12/2023  
19 Dec 2023
STATEMENT BY PATRICK GAUCHAT, SPECIAL REREPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING on UNTSO New York 19/12/2023  
14 Dec 2023 | New York
STATEMENT BY NICHOLAS HAYSOM, SPECIAL REREPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING ON UNMISS New York  14 DECEMBER 2023   I thank you, Sir, for the opportunity to brief the Security Council on the situation in South Sudan.
11 Dec 2023 | New York
STATEMENT BY BINTOU KEITA, SPECIAL REREPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING on MONUSCO New York 11 DECEMBER 2023   (spoke in French)
6 Dec 2023
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.
4 Dec 2023
Ministers and delegates from more than 85 countries and international organizations will meet in Accra, Ghana for the 2023 UN Peacekeeping Ministerial meeting on 5-6 December to express their collective commitment to UN Peacekeeping. The Ministerial seeks to secure vital political support and concrete commitments to strengthen UN Peacekeeping efforts to meet current and future challenges and needs, in line with ongoing reform under Action for Peacekeeping and the A4P+ implementation plan.
20 Nov 2023 | New York
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.