Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, observed on 27 January:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Human Fraternity, observed on 4 February:

In Ukraine, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that attacks have continued in the country today, while since yesterday morning, humanitarian organizations have been providing emergency assistance to civilians affected by the latest attacks in the Kharkiv and Dnipro regions.

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the International Day of Clean Energy, observed on 26 January:

The Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs warned that nine months of war in Sudan has tipped the country into a downward spiral that only grows more ruinous by the day. Nearly 25 million people there will need assistance in 2024 — but escalating hostilities are putting most of them beyond reach.

In Gaza, over 500,000 people are facing unprecedented catastrophic hunger and starvation, according to an analysis by the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, which includes data from the World Food Programme (WFP) and other UN agencies. WFP warns that Gaza now risks famine.

In Myanmar, the UN and humanitarian partners today published the 2024 Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan which indicates that nearly three years after the military takeover a third of the population — about 18.6 million people — needs humanitarian aid, up 1 million from last year.

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as delivered, on the Celebration of the 2023 World Arabic Language Day, observed on 18 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, observed on 27 December:

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for International Migrants Day, observed on 18 December: