The ongoing occupation of Palestinian territories and the Syrian Golan violates international law and human rights, a situation worsening as the COVID‑19 pandemic puts health infrastructure “on the verge of collapse”, the Second Committee (Economic and Financial) heard today as it took up a report on the issue.
Questions around the right to free assembly, creation of an equitable world order and efforts to stem enforced disappearances — a crime that is soon to reach 1,000 cases a day — took centre stage in the Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) today, as delegates evaluated the human rights norms underpinning State relations since the Second World War.
The new Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic to the United Nations, José A. Blanco Conde, presented his credentials to the Secretariat today.
Following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Vassily Nebenzia (Russian Federation):
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary‑General António Guterres:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message on UN Day, observed on 24 October:
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:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed’s video message to the Frankfurt Book Fair 2020 Event: “Signals of Hope: Speak up! For Climate”, held today:
