The Security Council today repeatedly heard that there is no military solution for the war in Ukraine, as senior UN officials detailed escalating attacks on civilians, human rights violations and humanitarian restrictions.
Seventeen years after the United Nations recognized conflict-related sexual violence as a threat to international peace and security, the crime remains widespread, systematic and chronically underreported, the Security Council heard today, as speakers called for urgent action to move beyond condemnation.
The General Assembly today resumed consideration of the United States’ decades-long economic, commercial and financial embargo against Cuba, adopting an urgent proposal by Havana to re-open debate amid the “unprecedented actions of an extreme extraterritorial nature” being undertaken against the island nation by Washington, D.C.
Connect ideas with action, finance with innovation and national leadership with international solidarity, the 2026 United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development heard as it opened its eight-day session today.
As conflicts proliferate and risks to civilians mount around the globe, embracing the “responsibility to protect” — an international norm aimed at preventing mass atrocity crimes, such as genocide — is more crucial today than ever before, the General Assembly heard today, in its annual debate on the topic.
In an emergency session following resumed confrontation between the United States and Iran, the Security Council today heard of the need to implement the peace deal recently reached between the two countries lest the situation spiral further.
A resolution concerning the latest review of the Organization’s counter-terrorism strategy took a vote in the General Assembly today, breaking a chain of consensus adoptions, with some delegates calling the text outdated and repetitive, while others stressed the need to preserve a collective framework.
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today reached a significant breakthrough in addressing the United Nations’ chronic liquidity crisis, agreeing to end the practice of “returning” funds that were never collected from Member States, as it concluded its second resumed session.
The General Assembly today agreed to end the practice of “returning” funds that were never collected from Member States as it adopted all texts forwarded by its Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary).
The Security Council today renewed its sanctions regime on the Democratic Republic of the Congo until 1 July 2027 and extended the mandate of the Group of Experts responsible for overseeing its implementation until 1 August 2027.
