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In Today’s Troubled World, Building Peace ‘Humanity’s Greatest Responsibility’, Secretary-General Stresses, Outlining Organization’s Priorities for 2024

7 Feb 2024 | New York
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ briefing to the General Assembly meeting on the priorities of the Organization for 2024, in New York today:  Let me begin by extending my very best wishes for 2024.  I wish health and happiness for you and your families — and peace for our world. Our Organization was founded on the pursuit of peace.  Peace is our raison d’être.  Yet as I scan the landscape of today’s world, the one thing missing most dramatically is peace.  And by that, I mean peace in all its dimensions.

Secretary-General Deeply Concerned by Recent Violence in Abyei Area

29 Jan 2024
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General is deeply concerned by the violence that occurred over the weekend in the Abyei Administrative Area, which resulted in the tragic death of numerous civilians and attacks on the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA) during which two peacekeepers lost their life in the line of duty.  The Secretary-General conveys his deepest condolences to the Government and people of Ghana and Pakistan, and to the families of the deceased civilians.

Global Affluence Depends on Peace, Secretary-General Underlines in Remarks to Non-Aligned Movement

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.

Secretary-General Condemns Attack on Peacekeepers in Central African Republic

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.

Secretary-General Reaffirms United Nations Commitment to Mali as Peacekeeping Mission Completes Withdrawal

30 Dec 2023
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:

Security Council Briefing on UNTSO by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Patrick Gauchat

19 Dec 2023
STATEMENT BY PATRICK GAUCHAT, SPECIAL REREPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING on UNTSO New York 19/12/2023  

Security Council Briefing on UNTSO by Special Representative of the Secretary-General Patrick Gauchat

19 Dec 2023
STATEMENT BY PATRICK GAUCHAT, SPECIAL REREPRESENTATIVE OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFING on UNTSO New York 19/12/2023  

Security Council Briefing on UNMISS by Special Representative of Secretary-General Nicholas Haysom

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.

Security Council Briefing on MONUSCO by Special Representative of the Secretary-General

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)

57 countries make new pledges to strengthen peacekeeping operations at 2023 United Nations Peacekeeping Ministerial

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.