In West and Central Africa, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs reports that the region continues to experience catastrophic flooding, with more than 7 million people impacted across 16 countries. Chad, Niger, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo have been the most affected.
On Sunday, 20 October, the United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, arrived in Addis Ababa from New York, to take part in the eighth African Union–United Nations annual conference.
The United Nations Secretary-General, António Guterres, departed Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, shortly after midnight on 22 October. He arrived in Kazan, in the Russian Federation, early on Tuesday evening to attend the sixteenth BRICS Summit.
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ video message for the World Urban Forum, in Cairo today:
Following is UN Secretary-General António Guterres’ message to the World Internet of Things Convention, in Beijing today:
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General António Guterres:
On 4 October 2024, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolution 2713 (2023) concerning Al-Shabaab held informal consultations to hear a briefing by the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) pursuant to paragraph 5 of resolution 2664 (2022) and paragraph 30 of resolution 2713 (2023).
The United Nations’ efforts to train individuals the world over in international law — the shared foundation on which Member States address global issues — is indispensable, speakers stressed, as the Sixth Committee (Legal) today discussed the Programme of Assistance in the Teaching, Study, Dissemination and Wider Appreciation of International Law, before taking up the Secretary-General’s report on the protection of diplomatic and consular missions and representatives.
Reflecting an escalating security crisis, described by many delegations in the First Committee (Disarmament and International Security) as more volatile than during the cold war, and a retrenchment of narrow political interests, a week of action began on 80 proposals today, with 24 texts on nuclear weapons requiring 79 separate recorded votes for passage.
The Security Council today extended until 2 November 2025 the authorization to establish a European Union-led stabilization force in Bosnia and Herzegovina, as the 15-member Council reviewed the political, security and economic situation in the Western Balkan country.
