Despite concerns from several delegations that the process was rushed, the General Assembly decided this morning to merge the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) with the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR).
The United Nations disarmament Chief told the Security Council today that the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) has verified the destruction of 42 aerial bombs declared by Syria as part of its chemical weapons programme, marking the first time since 2014 that the watchdog has confirmed the destruction of Syrian chemical munitions.
The General Assembly took stock of the activities of the United Nations Youth Office today, including the implementation of its 2025–2028 strategic plan, with delegates using the opportunity to discuss youth participation in multilateral processes, their economic inclusion and their access to education and skills.
Desperate conditions prevail throughout the Occupied Palestinian Territory, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People heard today, as humanitarian actors detailed inadequate funding to address dire need as another winter threatens to make things even worse.
There is “no safe space left” in Ukraine as every part of the country “has been a target”, the General Assembly heard today, as Member States expressed alarm over reports that Kyiv had come under attack for the sixth consecutive day.
Meeting to commemorate the International Day against Nuclear Tests 35 years after the closure of the Semipalatinsk test site, speakers in the General Assembly today used the occasion to reflect on why testing moratoria must be upheld, as they also adopted resolutions related to greening the planet, missing persons, safe artificial intelligence (AI) and the participation of Indigenous Peoples in the work of the United Nations.
The massacre of at least 47 people in Kenscoff, including children and civilians killed while seeking refuge in a church, lays bare the worsening brutality of Haiti’s gang crisis, the Security Council heard today, as speakers urged the rapid deployment of international support to stem the violence.
Meeting 13 years after a deadly chemical-weapons attack was perpetrated by the former regime in the outskirts of Damascus, the Security Council today heard that, despite progress in overcoming Syria’s old challenges, the international community must continue to support the country as it confronts new ones.
Gaza’s humanitarian situation is at “an absolute breaking point" ahead of winter, with 2 million people still trapped and families enduring the cold season in rubble and tents, the Security Council heard today.
Critical food systems — and the lives and livelihoods they sustain — are under attack around the world, Secretary-General António Guterres warned the Security Council today, urging the UN’s flagship crisis management organ to break the vicious cycle of conflict and hunger by acting “when the warning lights are flashing” — from Gaza and Haiti to Myanmar, Sudan, Ukraine and beyond.
