Meetings Coverage

The Security Council today adopted the draft of its annual report to the General Assembly, which covers its work from 1 January to 31 December 2025.

The eleventh Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) concluded today without agreement on a consensus outcome document, even as the international community faces mounting and interrelated threats — from the spectre of nuclear weapons use in active conflicts, to attacks on nuclear facilities, to the destabilizing implications of emerging technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI).

The tenuous ceasefire in Gaza is “far from perfect”, with ongoing Israeli attacks and no tangible recovery in sight for territory’s beleaguered Palestinian population, Gaza’s High Representative on the newly established Board of Peace told the Security Council today.

The fight against climate change received a fresh boost today, as the General Assembly adopted a set of draft resolutions and decisions, including a contentious but broadly supported climate text designed to turn the International Court of Justice’s advisory opinion into tangible political, legal and practical momentum for stronger global action and accountability.

While civilians continue to suffer because parties to conflict choose to ignore their legal obligation to protect them, the Security Council heard today that adhering to the rules of war — and enforcing accountability when they are broken — can produce a different result.

Following one of the largest aerial attacks against Ukraine since the full-scale invasion began, United Nations officials warned the Security Council today that civilian casualties are rising sharply, humanitarian operations are coming under direct attack and only renewed diplomacy and a full ceasefire can halt the worsening toll.

With its cash reserves rapidly depleting, and long-term financial stability eroding, the United Nations is not only risking its peace and development agenda, it is struggling to survive as an organization, delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) warned today.

A nuclear disaster with potentially harrowing human and environmental impacts was narrowly averted this week in the United Arab Emirates, as Iranian drones struck a functioning nuclear power plant, the senior UN nuclear safety official told an emergency meeting of the Security Council today.

The United Nations Forum on Forests concluded its twenty-first session today, adopting its omnibus resolution emphasizing the urgent need to accelerate implementation of the United Nations Strategic Plan for Forests and its six Global Forest Goals by 2030.

At a special event today marking the seventy-eighth anniversary of the Nakba, the United Nations Palestinian Rights Committee heard testimonies from bereaved families and friends of victims — those killed during the events of 78 years ago, as well as in the ongoing conflict — including the mother of Hind Rajab, a five-year-old girl from Gaza, who has become a symbol of innocent lives lost amidst violence and war.