Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the Economic Commission for Europe (ECE) Regional Forum for Sustainable Development, in Geneva today:
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In observance of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade (25 March), as well as the final year of the International Decade for People of African Descent (2015-2024), the United Nations will host two new exhibits highlighting the horrors of slavery and acts of resistance: “Who were the enslaved? Commemorating lives under enslavement at the Cape of Good Hope”, 19 March-25 April, Visitors’ Lobby, United Nations Headquarters, and “Ibo Landing”, 25-28 March, Vienna Café, United Nations Headquarters.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the European Fundamental Rights Forum, in Vienna today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the Commission on the Status of Women, in New York today:
The members of the Security Council were briefed on 6 March by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH), María Isabel Salvador, on the situation in Haiti. The Permanent Representative of Kenya, the Permanent Representative of Haiti, and the Permanent Representative of Jamaica, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), participated in the meeting under Rule 37.
In preparation for the fourth Review Conference in June 2024 on the Programme of Action to Prevent, Combat and Eradicate the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects (PoA), States from Latin America and the Caribbean will gather over the coming two weeks to discuss regional priorities, as well as challenges and opportunities, to combat small arms trafficking.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres arrived in Kingstown, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on Thursday afternoon, 29 February.