MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
Climate change, displacement, and restricted movement threaten the survival of Indigenous Peoples — particularly mobile groups such as pastoralists and hunter-gatherers, who face marginalization, misrecognition and exclusion by States — speakers ...
The United Nations senior management official told delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today that if fourth-quarter collections of assessments from Member States do not arrive as estimated, the Organization could end ...
Spotlighting current and past grievances of colonialism, speakers in the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) underscored the urgent need for redress and resolution of unresolved colonial issues, as the debate on ...
Amid the ratcheting up of regional tensions and a worsening humanitarian situation, all stakeholders must put the interests of Yemen’s people first, to restore peace and stability to the country, the United Nations official charged with ...
Multilateralism is “currently in decline and is unable to respond effectively to security crises or the pressing challenges facing humanity”, the representative of Senegal told the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) today ...
Nearly half a billion children are now living in conflict zones worldwide, exposed to severe human rights violations, delegates told the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural) today, calling for safe and unimpeded humanitarian ...
With only six years remaining to implement the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world is on track to achieve only 17 per cent of targets, requiring urgent action to correct that trajectory for developing countries, speakers warned ...
Calling attention to the debt distress, food insecurity and violent conflict plaguing Africa, speakers in the General Assembly today called for heightened multilateral efforts to support the continent as it pursues a transformational agenda.
Taking up the report of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) today, speakers in the Sixth Committee (Legal) welcomed the Commission’s efforts to develop, harmonize and modernize international trade law and to build ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres departed New York in the early hours of Wednesday morning, 9 October, and arrived in Vientiane on early 10 October.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening of the fourteenth Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)-United Nations Summit, in Vientiane today:
The following statement by UN Secretary-General António Guterres was issued today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks to the opening of the Preparatory Meeting of the twenty-ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP29), in ...
On 19 September 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) held informal consultations to consider the final report of the Panel of Experts, submitted pursuant to paragraph 3 of resolution 2707 (2023).
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the Siena College Laudato Si’ Center for Ecology Global Climate Crisis Symposium, held in Albany, New York, today:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Coumba D. Sow of Senegal as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Togo, with the host Government’s approval, starting on 5 October.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Pascale Baeriswyl (Switzerland):
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres today announced the appointment of Tom Fletcher of the United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Office for the Coordination of ...