MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
As civilians lining up for humanitarian aid in Gaza are being killed, speakers in the Security Council today urged Israel to lift restrictions on aid operations in the Strip, called for a return to United Nations-led delivery mechanisms, and ...
Nearly a decade since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5 dedicated to achieving gender equality and empowerment of women and girls “remains the most off-track”, speakers told a United Nations high-level ...
The Security Council today extended the request to the Secretary-General to provide written monthly reports through 15 January 2026 on any further Houthi attacks on merchant and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.
The Security Council decided today to extend the mandate of the United Nations Integrated Office in Haiti (BINUH) until 31 January 2026, as Council members spotlighted the Office’s critical support to a country in the throes of multidimensional ...
With only 35 per cent of targets on track or making moderate progress — while 47 per cent lag and 18 per cent have regressed, speakers warned a United Nations forum today that achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development remains ...
The Security Council today decided to extend until 28 January 2026 the mandate of (UNMHA) to support the implementation of the Agreement on the City of Hudaydah and Ports of Hudaydah, Salif and Ras Issa as set out in the 2018 Stockholm Agreement ...
There are “reasonable grounds to believe that war crimes and crimes against humanity have been and are continuing to be committed in Darfur”, an International Criminal Court prosecutor told the Security Council today, underscoring that her ...
The General Assembly in a decision adopted by consensus today made public the themes of the six interactive dialogues for the 2026 United Nations Water Conference.
Renewed maritime hostilities by the Houthis in the Red Sea and retaliatory Israeli air strikes have sparked “a deeply volatile and unpredictable period” in Yemen and the wider region, a top United Nations official warned the Security Council ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks at the opening of the 2025 high-level political forum on sustainable development, in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
On 1 July 2025, the Panel of Experts on South Sudan briefed the members of the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2206 (2015), in connection with the Panel’s final report submitted in pursuance of paragraph 18 of ...
The new Permanent Representative of Peru to the United Nations, Gustavo Lino Adrianzén Olaya, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Lao People’s Democratic Republic to the United Nations, Thongphane Savanphet, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
The new Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations, Ingrid Jackson, presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, delivered by United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Executive Director Natalia Kanem, to the UNFPA Award ceremony in New York today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: