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Statement by the Secretary-General on the drone attacks targeting the UNISFA logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan [EN/AR]
I strongly condemn the horrific drone attacks that targeted the United Nations peacekeeping logistics base in Kadugli, Sudan, on 13 December 2025, resulting in six fatalities and eight injuries – all...
UN80 Initiative Action Plan
Advancing reform with transparency and partnership The Secretary-General has shared the finalized Action Plan with UN Member States - charting the path forward toward a more coherent, efficient, and...
UN80 Initiative | Shifting Paradigms: United to Deliver - Report of the Secretary-General - Workstream 3: Changing Structures and Realigning Programmes
NEW YORK, 18 SEP 2025 – The Secretary-General today shared with Member States a progress report on structural reforms and programme realignments under the third workstream of the UN80 Initiative,...
Statement by the Secretary-General – on additional detention of United Nations personnel in Yemen [EN/AR]
António Guterres, Secretary-General I strongly condemn the arbitrary detentions on 31 August of at least 11 United Nations personnel by the Houthi de facto authorities in Yemen in areas under their...
Citing Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Alert That Gaza Is on Brink of Famine, Secretary-General Stresses ‘Trickle of Aid Must Become an Ocean’
SG/SM/22748 The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today: [The Secretary-General said the following in response to the findings of the latest Integrated Food...
Palestinian Statehood a Right, Not a Reward, Secretary-General Tells International Conference, Urging Peace Efforts with Courage, Conviction before It Is Too Late
SG/SM/22747 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to opening segment of the High-level International Conference for the Peaceful Settlement of the Question of Palestine and the...
Secretary-General Stresses Conference on Two-State Solution Must Not Become ‘Another Exercise in Well-Meaning Rhetoric’
SG/SM/22745 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the morning wrap-up session titled “Delivering on Peace: Consolidating Outcomes and Charting the Path Forward”, held during...
Secretary-General Welcomes Shared Commitments by Government, M23 towards Peace in Democratic Republic of Congo
SG/SM/22732 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General welcomes the signature of the Declaration of Principles between...
New Evacuation Order Limits UN’s Ability to Deliver Aid in Gaza, Secretary-General warns
SG/SM/22734 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General is appalled by the accelerating breakdown of humanitarian...
Alarmed by Escalating Violence in Suweida, Syria, Secretary-General Calls for Immediate De-escalation of Situation
SG/SM/22729 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General is alarmed by the continued escalation of violence in Suweida, a...
Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Russian Federation’s Latest Large-scale Drone, Missile Attacks on Ukraine
SG/SM/22715 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the latest series of large-scale drone and...
Secretary-General Appalled by Deepening Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza, Renews Call for Permanent Ceasefire, Release of All Hostages
SG/SM/22714 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General is appalled by the deepening humanitarian crisis in Gaza...
DR Congo + 1 more
Le Secrétaire général exhorte la République démocratique du Congo et le Rwanda à respecter pleinement les engagements pris dans l’Accord de paix du 27 juin
SG/SM/22706 On trouvera ci-après la déclaration du Secrétaire général de l’ONU, M. António Guterres, à l’occasion de la signature de l’Accord de paix entre la République démocratique du Congo et la...
DR Congo + 1 more
Secretary-General Welcomes Signing of Peace Agreement between Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda
SG/SM/22706 The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today: I welcome the signing of a peace agreement on 27 June in Washington, D.C., by the Governments of the...
‘No Society Immune from Risk of Atrocity Crimes’, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly, Noting Prevention Must Begin at Home
SG/SM/22702 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the General Assembly on the twentieth anniversary of the responsibility to protect, in New York today: Twenty years ago,...
Bombing of Iranian Nuclear Facilities ‘Marks Perilous Turn in Region Already Reeling’, Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Appealing for Peace
SG/SM/22697 22 June 2025 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council, in New York today: I would like to make a small introduction and then my two colleagues...
Secretary-General Condemns Attack against Mission in Central African Republic
SG/SM/22696 22 June 2025 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack by unidentified armed...
Iran + 1 more
Amid Escalating Israel-Iran Confrontation That Could Ignite Fire ‘No One Can Control’ Secretary-General Urges Security Council, Parties to Conflict ‘Give Peace a Chance’
SG/SM/22694 Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Security Council, in New York today: There are moments when the choices before us are not just consequential — they are...
Expressing Concern over Withdrawals from Mine Ban Convention, Secretary-General Announces Global Humanitarian Disarmament Campaign
SG/SM/22686 The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today: At a time when civilians face heightened risks from widening conflicts, it is imperative that we...