MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Speakers urged the Security Council today to prevent northern Gaza’s descent into famine amid relentless death and destruction, as the 15-member body convened an emergency meeting in response to experts’ warnings that immediate action is ...
Delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today considered the persistent cost overruns gripping the Strategic Heritage Plan renovation project at the United Nations Office at Geneva.
From addressing transnational challenges to supporting national peacebuilding priorities, special political missions play a key role in the Organization’s peacebuilding architecture, the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) ...
The unremitting violence in Sudan, raging for 18 months, is poised to intensify, worsening already alarming levels of human rights violations, food insecurity and displacement, the Security Council heard at a high-level briefing on the situation ...
Sport serves as the ultimate unifier, bridging diverse cultures and generations, promoting sustainable development and offering young people a constructive alternative to crime and delinquency, Member States told the General Assembly today.
The Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) sent eight draft resolutions to the General Assembly today, including texts on establishing a United Nations cybercrime convention, promoting the rights of Indigenous Peoples and combating ...
Speakers at the General Assembly today called for reforms to the Security Council’s constitution, representation and veto use, urging a renewed commitment to the adopted Pact for the Future, which itself should serve as a springboard to achieve ...
As the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) continued its debate today on peacekeeping, speakers stressed the need to revise the current model, seeking stronger engagement between peacekeepers and communities, deeper ...
Delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today commended the Secretariat’s ongoing efforts to elevate the quality of United Nations conferences held around the globe while emphasizing the need to deliver these services in ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the twenty-ninth UN Climate Change Conference event, in Baku today:
The Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict, in connection with the examination of the sixth report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in the Philippines (document S/2022/569), agreed to address the ...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks for the launch event for the high-level dialogue on complementarity and coherence of loss and damage funding arrangements, in Baku today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered, to the twenty-ninth Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29) World Leaders’ Climate Action Summit Opening Ceremony ...
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for World Toilet Day, to be observed on 19 November:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for Africa Industrialization Day, observed on 20 November:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, to be observed on 17 November:
The United Nations Regional Centre for Peace, Disarmament and Development in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNLIREC) is delighted to announce the launch of its new podcast series, Women, Forces of Change: The Podcast, which is dedicated to ...
On 8 November 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) approved the addition of the entries specified below to its Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the measures imposed by the ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres appointed Leonard Zulu of Zimbabwe as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Uganda, with the host Government’s approval, on 1 November.