UNIS/SGSM/1387
19 March 2024
Dear friends,
Nowruz is a celebration of new beginnings – the start of a new year, the arrival of spring, and the rebirth of nature.
It brings together millions of people across generations and nations.
In these times of great challenge, Nowruz promotes dialogue, good neighborliness and reconciliation.
It reinforces the goals and values of the United Nations – peace, human rights and dignity.
So let us all be guided by the Nowruz spirit.
Let us find the strength to bridge divides, foster unity, and support one another.
Let the dawn of spring nurture new seeds of hope in our hearts – hope that we can move forward to a brighter future, as one human family.
I offer my best wishes to everyone celebrating Nowruz.
May it bring peace, good health and happiness to all.
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Brazil signed the United Nations Convention on the International Effects of Judicial Sales of Ships (the "Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships") at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on 17 April 2025.
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The new Permanent Representative of Iran to the United Nations (Vienna), Reza Najafi, presented his credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Ghada Waly.
The new Permanent Representative of Somalia to the United Nations (Vienna), Khadra Ahmed Dualeh, presented her credentials today to the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Vienna (UNOV), Ghada Waly.
