"ANTONIO GUTERRES"

Cementing and protecting the rights of around 1.5 billion people around the world in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is a “moral imperative” said United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres at the first meeting of the 11th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Resist resting on laurels, global community urged during General Assembly debate on complete eradication of AIDS-causing HIV, at 94th plenary meeting.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres said upholding the rights of people with disabilities is a “moral imperative” and a practical necessity to build “healthy, sustainable societies to the benefit of everyone – those with disabilities, and those without.” UNIFEED

UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres briefs reporters on the upcoming summit between the heads of state of the United States and Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

On the eve of the landmark summit between the United States and the North Korea, the United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres commended both leaders for “pursuing a diplomatic solution” and that “peace and verifiable denuclearization must remain the clear and shared goal.” UNIFEED

Two United Nations agencies signed a landmark agreement with the government of Myanmar, which they hope will provide hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees with a pathway to return home, from overcrowded camps across the border in Bangladesh. UNIFEED / FILE

General Assembly elects María Fernanda Espinosa Garcés of Ecuador as President of Seventy-Third Session, also choosing 21 Vice-Presidents by acclamation at 92nd plenary meeting.

Interactive civil society hearing as part of the preparatory process toward the General Assembly High-level meeting on tuberculosis. [Opening remarks by the President of the General Assembly and the UN Secretary-General] Opening segment Panel 1: Reaching the unreached: closing gaps in TB diagnosis, treatment, care, and prevention. Panel 2: Investing to end the world’s leading infectious killer.

Graduation Ceremony for the UNIS Class of 2018.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres paid tribute today to fallen peacekeepers who served under the UN flag and recommitted to “carrying forward their mission for a better future.” UNIFEED