The Security Council met this afternoon to discuss the situation in Kosovo, hearing a briefing from the Secretary-General's Special Representative. Also addressing the Council were the President of Serbia and the leader of Kosovo.
MEETINGS COVERAGE
Summaries of official meetings and events at UN Headquarters and overseas conferences.
The social and the economic are inseparable aspects of development, the Commission for Social Development heard today from both senior United Nations officials as well as civil society representatives, as it continued its sixty-second session.
Although peace is the “raison d’être” of the United Nations, it is the one thing missing most dramatically from the world, Secretary-General António Guterres warned the General Assembly today as he laid out his critical priorities for 2024 amid ...
Rapid technological changes, urbanization, demographic shifts and climate change have impacted families in profound ways, a senior United Nations official told the Commission for Social Development today during a panel discussion marking 30 ...
Investing in children is costly but not investing is even more expensive, the Commission for Social Development heard today as it continued its sixty-second session.
In a meeting called by the Russian Federation to discuss an attack on a bakery in a region in Ukraine presently under Moscow’s control, many speakers in the Security Council today noted that the tragic loss of civilian lives would have never ...
Restraint is required to create the environment Iraq needs to consolidate hard-won stability and realize sustainable progress, the senior United Nations official in the country told the Security Council today, amidst United States air strikes in ...
Inclusive economic growth is key to social development and poverty eradication, requiring policies and programmes created by collaboration, such as economists strategizing alongside mothers, corporate executives engaging with the unemployed and ...
PRESS RELEASES
Press releases from the main United Nations bodies, as well as offices and departments of the Secretariat.
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, observed on 11 February:
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appointed Julien Harneis of the United Kingdom as the United Nations Resident Coordinator in Yemen, with the host Government’s approval. He took up his post this week and will also serve as the ...
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly tribute to the memory of Hage Gottfried Geingob, President of Namibia, in New York today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ briefing to the General Assembly meeting on the priorities of the Organization for 2024, in New York today:
On 7 February 2024, the entries below on the ISIL (Da’esh) and Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban, and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2610 (2021) were ...
Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s message at the Middle-Income Countries Conference, in Rabat today:
On 15 January 2024, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning the Sudan was briefed by the Panel of Experts on the Sudan in connection with the Panel’s final report, which was submitted to the ...
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on 6 February:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres: