The United Nations must continue to provide trusted, accurate information about the world — and be perceived as doing so — the Committee on Information heard today, as it opened its 2026 session in a “toxic” information environment fraught with distorted or outright false narratives supercharged by rapidly advancing technology.
A draft resolution concerning a high-level meeting on HIV/AIDS took a recorded vote today in the General Assembly, as delegates disagreed on its organizational arrangements, including the participation of key populations affected by this issue and non-governmental organizations.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by Guy Ryder, Under-Secretary-General for Policy, to the commemorative meeting of the UN General Assembly in observance of the fortieth anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster:
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the informal meeting of the General Assembly on the implementation of the Pact for the Future, titled “The Pact for the Future and the UN80 Initiative: From Commitments to Delivery”, in New York today:
The General Assembly today heard explanations from China and the Russian Federation regarding their use of the veto on 7 April, when they rejected a Security Council draft resolution submitted by Gulf States aimed at securing freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz amid heightened tensions across the Middle East.
The General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the role of diamonds in fuelling conflict, reaffirming that the Kimberley Process Certification Scheme helps implement sanctions on conflict diamonds and encouraging the widest possible participation and compliance.
Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks, as delivered by Chef de Cabinet Courtenay Rattray, to the General Assembly on the thirty-second commemoration of the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, in New York today:
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the informal meeting of the General Assembly Plenary on the UN80 Initiative, in New York today:
Unable to adopt the agenda of its substantive session, the Disarmament Commission decided to suspend the remainder of its opening meeting until tomorrow afternoon.
The General Assembly today adopted a much-anticipated resolution formally launching a process to review the backlog of thousands of existing UN mandates, while setting out guidelines for the more streamlined, concise and data-driven creation of new ones in the future.
