António Guterres

Mesdames et Messieurs les journalistes, merci bien de votre présence.

Nous vivons dans un monde avec des défis de nature globale, des menaces de nature globale pour lesquelles il n’y a pas de solution qui ne soit pas une solution globale. C’est pour ça que j’ai salué l’extrêmement importante contribution de l’Union européenne à la gouvernance multilatérale, son engagement dans le multilatéralisme. 

It is a pleasure to greet the 2017 Caribbean regional seminar on decolonization, organized on the occasion of the Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of the Non-Self-Governing Territories.
 
Since its establishment by the General Assembly, the Special Committee on Decolonization has played an important role in advancing the decolonization agenda.
 

Your Excellency Mr. Xi Jinping, President of the People’s Republic of China, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, 
 
“Partnership” and “Synergy”, the themes of this roundtable, are indeed key elements in both the Belt and Road Initiative and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as you, Mr, President, have so eloquently demonstrated yesterday in your intervention.

The global partnership for development is evolving. 

The Secretary-General condemns the launch of another ballistic missile by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). 

This action is in violation of Security Council resolutions and a threat to peace and security in the region. The Secretary-General calls on the DPRK to ensure full compliance with its international obligations and return to the path of denuclearization.

Stéphane Dujarric, Spokesman for the Secretary-General

New York, 15 May 2017

The Secretary-General met today in Beijing with H. E. Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, State Counsellor and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar, on the occasion of the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation.
 
The Secretary-General and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi discussed the United Nations’ support to the democratic transition in Myanmar, the peace process and the way to a fair solution addressing the root causes of the current crisis in Rakhine State.
 

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Ovais Sarmad of India as Deputy Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), at the Assistant Secretary-General level. The appointment has been made after consultation with the Conference of Parties through its Bureau.  Mr. Sarmad will succeed Richard Kinley of Canada, to whom the Secretary-General and the Executive Secretary are grateful for his dedicated service to United Nations climate change efforts over the past 20 years.
 

Congratulations to the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific on its 70th Anniversary!
 
This dynamic institution is at the heart of the largest trading hub in the world. Asia and the Pacific are also leaders in science, technology and innovation.
 
At the same time, many challenges confront this region, which is home to half the world’s poor.
 
I applaud ESCAP’s efforts to reduce poverty, protect the environment, and realize the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.