As 2024 becomes the deadliest year for humanitarian workers, speakers today urged the Security Council and countries to act on the Secretary-General's recommendations to safeguard aid and UN personnel, including providing greater support for them and ensuring accountability for perpetrators.

Delegates at the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today supported the Secretary-General’s proposal to provide the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia with nearly $2 million in 2025 to keep the Chambers running smoothly and bolster the international community’s fight against impunity.

The thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be resumed at Headquarters on Wednesday, 27 November, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Conference Room 1, for the purpose of filling a seat in the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf allocated to a member of the Commission from the African Group of States.

In his first open briefing to the Security Council in five years, Gilles Michaud, Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security, delivered an urgent appeal for enhanced protection of UN and humanitarian personnel who face escalating risks in conflict zones.

This year marks 20 years of collaboration between the United Nations and The Nippon Foundation under the capacity-building project titled "Human Resources Development and Advancement of the Legal Order of the World’s Oceans". Launched in 2004, the project aims to enhance the capacity of Government officials and mid-level professionals, particularly from developing States, including least developed countries, landlocked developing countries and small island developing States, in the field of ocean affairs and the law of the sea.

This year’s commemoration of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People is especially painful, as the fundamental goals of their dignity, rights, justice and self-determination are as distant as they have ever been, the Secretary-General said today in a statement read out at a special meeting in observance of the Day.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December:

In accordance with the Terms of Reference of the United Nations Peacebuilding Fund, the Secretary-General appoints eminent individuals for a term of two years, taking into consideration gender and regional balance. Candidates are nominated by Member States.

Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the high-level ministerial meeting of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends, in Cascais today:

Following are UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ remarks at the opening session of the tenth United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Global Forum, in Cascais today: