MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The Security Council met today to consider the latest developments related to the implementation of its resolution 2231 (2015), which endorsed the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear programme, following a brokered ...
Libya is yet again at a critical juncture, the UN’s top official for the country told the Security Council today, stressing international support is indispensable to Tripoli’s attempt to turn a fragile truce into a permanent ceasefire and form a ...
Concluding its seventy-ninth session today, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) — while not taking a decision on its agenda item concerning revitalization of its work — heard that its working methods must be improved despite a lack of ...
Highlighting Afghanistan’s newly promulgated discriminatory law on the “propagation of virtue and prevention of vice”, senior United Nations officials briefed the Council today on continuing engagement with its de facto authorities without ...
The United States’ bombing of Iran’s nuclear facilities marks a “perilous turn” in an already volatile region, Secretary-General António Guterres warned during an emergency meeting of the Security Council today. The United Nations’ top nuclear ...
Fighting in Ukraine continues to claim innocent lives, envelop new areas and displace more civilians, the Security Council heard today, as many speakers expressed hope that diplomatic efforts to achieve a ceasefire will gain ground despite the ...
Warning that further escalation between Israel and Iran could “ignite a fire that no one can control”, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on both parties to “give peace a chance” during an emergency meeting of the Security Council — ...
Development is the first line of defence against conflict, but unfortunately it is facing an emergency just as conflict has increased to unprecedented levels, the Security Council heard today in an all-day open debate on the implications of ...
Speakers from the Gambia, Timor-Leste and Liberia shared their journeys from conflict to stability today at a meeting commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the United Nations Peacebuilding Commission’s establishment.
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett (Guyana):
On Wednesday, 11 June, the Secretary-General met with His Holiness Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message to the Internet Governance Forum, in Lillestrøm, Norway, today:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the UN Charter Day exhibition, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
On 12 December 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1970 (2011) concerning Libya held informal consultations to meet with a delegation from the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), an entity subject to the assets ...
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres, following consultation with the United Nations University (UNU), announced today the appointment of Aya Suzuki of Japan as the next UNU Senior Vice-Rector.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Sarangoo Radnaaragchaa of Mongolia as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Kazakhstan, with the host Government’s approval, effective 22 June.
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Zia Choudhury of Bangladesh as United Nations Resident Coordinator in Ghana, with the host Government’s approval. His appointment is effective 21 June.