Plenary

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks to the plenary meeting of the General Assembly to launch the Expert Group Report on “Beyond GDP”, in New York today:

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:

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.

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 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:

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.

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks on the occasion of the adoption of the mandates resolution, in New York today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the General Assembly event marking the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, in New York today:

The General Assembly today declared the trafficking of enslaved Africans and racialized chattel enslavement of Africans as the gravest crime against humanity as Member States debated the legal ramifications of such a declaration.